jesthenewbie Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Is there something that I have to activate to use Telnet in Mandriva for the first time? I used to use Telnet to login to my ISPs mail server from Windwos all the time and have heard that the Linux Telnet is better but when I type "telnet" into a terminal, I get "command not found". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 try to check if you have it installed already... try: rpm -qal | grep telnet if not, then install it urpmi telnet as root Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesthenewbie Posted April 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 [jesse@localhost ~]$ suPassword: [root@localhost jesse]# rpm -qal | grep telnet /usr/share/doc/HTML/en_GB/kioslave/telnet.docbook /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.6/res/html/gopher-telnet.gif /usr/share/icons/mono/scalable/apps/telnet.svgz /usr/bin/ktelnetservice /usr/share/services/telnet.protocol /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/apps/Internet/gtelnet.desktop /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kioslave/telnet.docbook /usr/share/icons/slick/48x48/apps/telnet.png /usr/lib/python2.4/telnetlib.py /usr/lib/python2.4/telnetlib.pyc /usr/lib/python2.4/telnetlib.pyo /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/URI/telnet.pm /usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/net/telnet.elc There are many entries for it but I haven't installed anything yet. Does this look correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Just do an "urpmi telnet" as root. If you have it installed already, it wil tell you. BTW, for security reasons ssh is much more preferable to telnet now, if your provider supports it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEberger Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 BTW, for security reasons ssh is much more preferable to telnet now, if your provider supports it. SSH is way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesthenewbie Posted May 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 (edited) [jesse@localhost ~]$ suPassword: [root@localhost jesse]# urpmi telnet no package named telnet That explains it. Do I have to download a telnet package now? Is SSH a similar package? Can I download and install it the same way as telnet? Edited May 3, 2007 by jesthenewbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Just use the gui software management... search for and install telnet-client-krb5-. Do the same for the openssh packages you need, or want installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I use the same client under windoze and linux: PuTTy, for the simple reason it's the best and also supports scp/file transfers. I believe it's directly available in Mandriva via a simple "urpmi putty" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 SSH is way better. can't ssh to a mail server can telnet ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steppenwolf Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 What do I have to enable in my Mandriva 2007 Spring installation, so that other PCs in the LAN can telnet and SSH into my Mandriva PC ? (I'd like to do on another Cygwin Windows PC: "ssh -Y -l <username> <LAN IP of Mandriva PC>" to open a X windows session) There's no firewall running on the Mandriva PC, and in Drake Conf the Security setting is "normal" (not "high"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoonma Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 You'd need at least an ssh daemon running on the machine you like to connect to. So you should do a "urpmi openssh-server" as root on your Mandriva PC, then activate it with "service sshd start". Check with drakxservices if you like to run the daemon on boot by default. You can manipulate sshd options in the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config (also contains comments on different options). Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorocco Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 I use the same client under windoze and linux: PuTTy, for the simple reason it's the best and also supports scp/file transfers.I believe it's directly available in Mandriva via a simple "urpmi putty" i am not sure whether i am having PUTYY or not with my mandrake 10.1 so tried ro install it by command "urpmi putty" but no package named putty . means putty isnt available with mandrake ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 what's the details of this mail server? It probably doesnt support ssh if they're offering telnet/you're telnetting. Go into mandriva control center -> package management -> install software and search for telnet, im sure you'll find a suitable telnet client there somewhere. scarecrow: kidding me? Putty is great under windows, but under linux -- terrible! it's an ssh app, where you have to *click* everything to get it started! Under linux, it doesnt hold a candle to openssh. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorocco Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 thanks .. i was looking for ssh its already installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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