How to enable telnet on my linux machine
 

Dear all,
can anyone help with how can I enable the telnet service on Linux Red hat 5.0?
how can i check if the telnet package is already intalled on my machine?

Try,

If it returns a path, then you've got it.

Eg:

I guess you could also try If you don't have it, just install it using yum or search for an rpm for your redhat version.

Usually people discourage from using telnet as being insecure - use ssh instead

oh yes, please use ssh, not telnet. there are plenty of secure tools for windows if that's your concern, especially putty and winscp.