telnet problems

judoka · 07-15-2009, 12:07 PM

I having problems using telnet in ubuntu. I never used it before and am not sure of the procedure or the commands involved, could someone help me? I use Ubuntu 9.04 and I have Cox ISP and they use DHCP could it be that they don't allow telnet capabilities? What can I do?

jdkaye · 07-15-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by judoka

I having problems using telnet in ubuntu. I never used it before and am not sure of the procedure or the commands involved, could someone help me? I use Ubuntu 9.04 and I have Cox ISP and they use DHCP could it be that they don't allow telnet capabilities? What can I do?

Have you typed

Code:

man telnet

in a terminal? There's lots of useful information there. Try to learn to google a little. Learns a lot of information out there. Here's a sample:
http://www.katzforums.com/archive/index.php/t-5136.html
Have fun,
jdk

onebuck · 07-15-2009, 01:02 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by judoka

I having problems using telnet in ubuntu. I never used it before and am not sure of the procedure or the commands involved, could someone help me? I use Ubuntu 9.04 and I have Cox ISP and they use DHCP could it be that they don't allow telnet capabilities? What can I do?

As stated 'Google' and LQ are your friend. You can do searches here on LQ.

I suggest that you look at 'Rute Tutorial & Exposition' and 'Linux Newbie Admin Guide' to aid you in understanding GNU/Linux.

The above links and others available from 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

BTW, the next two links will aid you;

judoka · 07-15-2009, 01:12 PM

Great. Ill check all these cites out, thanks.

Wim Sturkenboom · 07-15-2009, 02:05 PM

Biggest question is what your trying to achieve. Do you want to connect from Ubuntu to another machine or the other way around?

Telnet is very insecure in this big bad world as it's not encrypted so everybody can see usernames, passwords etc. If the other side supports it, use SSH.

Telnet is still very useful for testing purposes (e.g. check if you can connect to a server on a specific port).