Philip,
As with Dave I'm unsure if you mean that you are unable to use telnet on
your PC (command missing) or you are trying to remote login to your
company's server and getting refused. Have you been able to remote login
before?
If you are unable to telnet in or into your company network it is most
likely that telnet has been disabled. Telnet is a pretty big security risk.
All your info is going back and forth unencrypted. I haven't used it in a
few years.
If the telnet command is missing from your machine then yes, install from
the rpm. But I would instead use ssh. Your mandrake distro should have in
one of the disks as an rpm or I'm sure that it's available from their ftp
site (or mirrors). If that fails go to www.openssh.com.
Good luck and hope this helps.
Jim
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Telnet command gone?
On Sunday 24 June 2001 12:02, Philip Loi wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> When I connected to my company network, it seems like
> the "telnet" command is missing? Can anyone tell me
> how to do rlogin to another server? Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Philip
>
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If you are saying that your system does not have the telnet command, then it
may be that you have not installed it. If that is the case then open the
mandrake software manager and search for telnet and install the rpm.
If it is your company network that is not responding, then it may be that
the
telnet daemon on that newtwork is not installed/configured. The telnet rules
in the hosts files and or inetd.conf may not allow connections. It may be
that there is a firewall on the remote system which is dis-allowing telnet
sessions.
Dave.
