problem with telnet

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 06:47:59PM -0800, Bill Brunt wrote:
> Worked like a charm.  Didn't bottom post in this case.  What's the correct protocol?

Prepare to be flogged at dawn on Monday morning with a Cat 5 cable.

Take the day off tomorrow to prepare for the ordeal.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bob McClure
> Jr
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:15 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: problem with telnet
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 05:33:12PM -0800, Bill Brunt wrote:
> > >> FYI - some people (and distributions) disable telnet by default. It's
> > >> probably better to use ssh rather than telnet anyway.
> > 
> > Alright so I'm going to reveal my true ignorance, how does one run ssh
> > from the server and client side to get a terminal session?
> > 
> >   - Bill
> 
> On the server, run
> 
>   chkconfig --list sshd
> 
> If they all say off, then
> 
>   chkconfig sshd on
> 
> That will make it come up at the next boot.  To see if it's on right
> now, run
> 
>   service sshd status
> 
> If it's on it will say something like
> 
> sshd (pid 3271 1499) is running...
> 
> If it's not on, then run
> 
>   service sshd start
> 
> On a linux box client, from an xterm, run
> 
>   ssh <whatever_hostname>
> 
> On a Windoze box, you'll need to download and install PuTTY or
> SecureCRT for a good SSH client.  Google for them.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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