Telnet RedHat

[homerz]

My friend has windows xp and linux mandrake installed and from the windows cmd prompt he can write telnet mandrake, and access his account on mandrake and edit his files. I have win xp and linux redhat installed on my pc, how can i access my linux account from the cmd? (I tried telnet redhat. but it didn't work). Thanks

[Siliconjunkie]

You don't want to. Telnet is HORRIBLY insecure and should not be used.

The reason you can't is that your system does not have the telnet daemon running. Most new distros use SSH instead.

What you need is an SSH client. It's like telnet, but encrypted. I reccomend PuTTY http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

[Epyon9283]

Wait... You have redhat and windows installed on the same PC?

[jkrohn]

Whoops, didnt see the double post

Ok, first with your friend.

Are Mandrake and XP on the same box? Different boxes? Is he running it via VMWare?

If they are on the same box, then he will not be able to do telnet mandrake and have it work IF he is running it on the same box via VMWare then this *could* work. IF they are on different boxes, then he somehow (possibly accidentally) set it up so that mandrake resolves to the ip of his Mandrake box.

Are your machines seperate? Or at the Redhat and Windows install on the same box?

Jkrohn

[krohnjw]

The reason you can't is that your system does not have the telnet daemon running. Most new distros use SSH instead.

SJ, they are on the same machine, so i am fairly sure none of the daemons will be running when he's in windows

[Mike]

Edited. Why? Because jk is a monkey.

[Siliconjunkie]

My bad. Didnt read it carefully enough. For his situation you are correct.

Telnet is still BAD BAD BAD and BAD.