Telnet is easy to use, but it's starting to be "phased" out because it's insecure. The odds are, if you're dealing with a Mandrake 8.0 install, the telnet server is not installed. As I recall, it's not set to install automatically. But run this command to determine if the server is actually started. [timh@r2d2 timh]$ rpm -qa | grep telnet gnome-telnet-2.4-2mdk telnet-0.17-7mdk ktelnet-0.7b1-7mdk As you can see, I don't have the telnet server installed. The RPM you're looking for is telnet-server-0.17-7mdk.i586.rpm. As I recall, it's on the first CD. Try: rpm -ivh telnet-server-0.17-7mdk.i586.rpm Then try and telnet to the machine. However I would suggest you find the OpenSSH RPMs on the disc, install those and leave telnet server unistalled. [timh@ericekong mandrake80]$ ls -la openssh* | awk '{print $5,$6,$7,$8,$9}' 130192 Apr 13 10:14 openssh-2.5.2p2-3mdk.i586.rpm 31197 Apr 13 10:14 openssh-askpass-2.5.2p2-3mdk.i586.rpm 11513 Apr 13 10:14 openssh-askpass-gnome-2.5.2p2-3mdk.i586.rpm 213305 Apr 13 10:14 openssh-clients-2.5.2p2-3mdk.i586.rpm 151961 Apr 13 10:14 openssh-server-2.5.2p2-3mdk.i586.rpm Those would be the RPMs you'd need to install. Hope that helps ya. tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:39pm up 15 days, 18:24, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | I have read every man page, searched the web 12 dozen times...tried | EVERYTHING I can think of...telnet WILL NOT let me log into my server. | | If anyone would like to help me out, please drop me an e-mail...I'm losin my | mind here... | | I thought telnet was supposed to be easy to use? | | Peter | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ------------------------------------------------------------------
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