Questions tagged [telnet]

A Unix command-line utility that facilitates simple two-way communications between a user and a server application listening on the specified port.

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UFW - Default Deny Incoming does not block telnet

I have an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server setup on a VM. I have ufw enabled with default deny incoming policy The result of sudo ufw status verbose is: Status: active Logging: on (low) Default: deny (incoming)...
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agetty / tty / telnet settings help

I am trying to set up a ubuntu 20.04 LTS install that allows telnet connections at 300bps - basically some very old hardware is connecting from across the web - assume Bell103 (pre-hayes) (this ...
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Cannot access Windows 7 machine from Ubuntu 14.04 via Telnet

I have a machine running Windows 7 and I want to connect to it from Ubuntu. Until now it was working just fine. But now, when I try to connect to Windows 7 from Ubuntu, I get this: telnet: Unable ...
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IpProtocols firefox add-on with gnome-terminal and multiple tabs

I want to use Firefox with IpProtocols 0.2.3 to launch telnet sessions from browser. It is working well for me with xterm terminal emulator, but i wish to use multiple tabs. Now I try to use gnome-...
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SSH and Telnet timing out. Ubuntu 22.04 lts

This is my first post on stackexchange and I am a Linux newbie, so if I misconduct anyhow, let me know. Every time I try to ssh (or telnet) into anything that isn't localhost I cannot connect due to ...
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Restrict telnet access on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS using username/password

I have telnet (without creds) enabled on multiple ports on my ubuntu due to an application running on it. Can you guide me on how to add a username/password for multiple ports listening for telnet .
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MSSQL Linux Problems, port 1433 status opened from ufw, but still cannot remote or even telnet

I have problem with MSSQL in Linux, and i'm installing it on Ubuntu 18.04 linux, im already open port 1433 and 1434 via ufw but still have no luck with remote connection and even from telnet, here my ...
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Can't telnet from my Ubuntu server 18.04.1 to specific routers using the telnet port (23)

I don't want to go far in to details, because I know you should not use telnet but ssh instead, however in my situation I need to use telnet. Basically, I have a Ubuntu server 18.04.1 and I have a ...
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Can't access from domain locally

I have a Nextcloud Server on my Ubuntu 18.04 system with ddclient installed. I can access my server from my domain on a different device on the same network but can't access my server from my domain ...
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unable to telnet the ubuntu from windows host

i have ubuntu 16.4 as Host with IP 192.168.56.1 and Windows 7 as guest inside Virtualbox have IP 192.168.5.101 and the adapter mode is host-only , the host and guest can contact each other on Ping ...
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Cannot access Ambari UI

I installed Ambari server and agent on the same instance just to make tests. The problem is that I cannot access Ambari UI on port 8080. I tried running telnet 172.xx.xx.xx 8080, but there is no ...
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telnetd: getpty: No such file or directory

root@hj-ibmibm1677:~# telnet localhost Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. telnetd: getpty: No such file or directory . Connection closed by foreign ...
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TCP or Telnet server for Ubuntu

I can use telnet to connect to a telnet server simply by typing: 'telnet localhost', whereas localhost can be replaced with any desired IP-Address. But now I want to do something different and I have ...
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Can I send ascii input through a dualshock 3

is it possible to send ascii input to a computer through a dualshock 3? I'm trying to play a telnet game called mtrek through a terminal with a controller.
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Telnet after update to 15.04 not working

I updated to 15.04 using the server command sudo do-release-upgrade. Since the upgrade was complete and after a reboot, I am unable to telnet to the server. Port 23 is not listened while the telnetd,...
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Cannot able to connect to another host

After few self tests, I thought I'm having a telnet problem. So I am recreating a shorter version of this question I have two machines: cassandra is running on one machine using IP 172.17.1.XX. ??? ...
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how to create admin account as a duplicate root account for telnet and disable root login over network?

I've been searching for the answer to this but all I find is "It doesn't work". I am a new, yes. I am still a student and i still learn about it. I am happy to break my OS and format it many times if ...
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Why are the colors different in vi at the console vs in a Windows telnet session

I noticed that when I use vi at the console, the code highlighting looks good and is nice and easy to read. When I edit the same file via a telnet session, the colors are all low-intensity and it's ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - vsftpd problem. No connection. Connection refused

i have a problem with vsftpd server running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Here is the configuration: ubuntu Server address - 192.168.5.100 router address - 192.168.5.1 roger/# grep -v "#" /etc/vsftpd.conf ...
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How do I prevent telnet from timing out?

Is there a way to disable a telnet session from my desktop to a server from timing out, ever. This should be done from the client if at all possible.
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Telnetd not working ubuntu server 23.10

I am trying to set up telnet server in my ubuntu server 23.10 machine. I am able to install telnetd service and gives me no error but when i try to see if its running using netstat -ltp and there is ...
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Ubuntu port is open but unable to telnet locally/remotely

I have tried to go through lots of documents/blogs but couldn't resolve my issue. I have a local Ubuntu 22.04 installed inside vmware workstation with the IP address 192.168.100.108. The server is ...
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Telnet not working on Ubuntu 20.04

I want Ubuntu to be telent server, for which I installed telnetd: ngadre@in01-7h4wrf3:~/Documents/release6.6.1/caos$ sudo apt install telnetd -y [sudo] password for ngadre: Reading package lists... ...
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how to setup telnet server machine on ubuntu 20.04

I m not able to find any appropriate document to setup telnet configuration on ubuntu 20.04 machine. Please share any resources.
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ssh, telnet, apache and shellinabox servers blocked

I've been operating a "BBS-style" system on a Windows 11 computer for the last few years. Access came courtesy of WSL ssh, telnet, shellinabox and (for the web page) apache2. All was well ...
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Firefox telnet not working

I am using Firefox to access eve-ng server. Basically, each node is exposed as a telnet link such as the following: telnet://192.168.1.168:36323 I have made sure that I have enabled the following in ...
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API for Telnet Client in C++

My apologies if this is not the right place to ask my question. I am communicating with a telnet server on my local network. Please note that, the communication is working fine using the telnet ...
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Ubuntu cannot reconnect to Port using Telnet after a network disconnect

I have a server running ubuntu 18.04 and we use a clients data through a specified IP/host. to test the connection we use the telnet command. I was able to connect to this with no issues. upon ...
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unable to telnet 139 port after changing IP on ubuntu 18.04

I am using ubuntu 18.04, now we are changed new ip series in this system and windows server also, then after unable to telnet 139, they show connection refuse. When we set old ip it's working fine. ...
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postfix error connection

my postfix not connect in the lan just localhost and local ip address: In the postfix server: :/etc/postfix$ telnet 172.28.204.36 25 Trying 172.28.204.36... Connected to 172.28.204.36. Escape ...
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How to remotely restart sshd?

When I try to connect to the ubuntu server, I get timeouts, ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer. Most of the answers suggest a reboot, but I'm unable to physically reboot it ...
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Open a port in ubuntu 17.10 for dosbox

I am trying to open a port in Ubuntu 17.10, but first some background. For the last 16 hours I've been working on getting a BBS mailer set up under dosbox. In my dosbox conf, I have set up "serial1=...
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Unable to enable IPv6 for telnet server

I am trying to enable IPv6 on the telnet server running on Ubuntu 16.04, but I cannot. My configuration files look like the following. /etc/xinetd.d/telnet service telnet { disable =...
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telnet to zimbra 110 port failed from ubuntu 12.04

We are using Thunderbird on Ubuntu 12.04, Windowx XP and Windows 7. Telnet to 25 port done successful from both Windows and Ubuntu clients. When we telnet to mail server port 110 from any Windows ...
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Remote Ubuntu 12.04 desktop cannot display X on local laptop

I have an Ubuntu 13.04 laptop and an Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I want to be able to open and see images, windows, and pdf files that are located on the desktop via remote access from my laptop. When I ...
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Connection refused when Host OS(Ubuntu) telnet the Guest OS(Windows XP) of the Virtualbox

I can't telnet the Guest OS(Windows xp) in my ubuntu machine but I can successfully ping its IP address. In the network settings of guest os, I enabled two adapters. Here are the the settings of the ...
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