Using HP-UX Internet Services (February 2007)

In general,

• Remote line mode applications work properly over telnet or rlogin irrespective

of your local terminal’s compatibility mode setting.

• Remote screen mode applications require that your local terminal and the remote

host use the same commands to control cursor movements.

• Remote block mode applications do not work over telnet or rlogin and are

not supported.

For more information, see the terminal documentation for the hosts with which you

work.

Using telnet

This sections describes the following methods to use the telnet:

• Normal Procedure to Invoke telnet

• Quicker Method to Invoke telnet

Normal Procedure to Invoke telnet

The following steps describe how to use the telnet program:

1. Type telnet at the HP-UX prompt, as follows to start telnet in the command

mode:

telnet

In the command mode, telnet displays the telnet> prompt. From the command

mode, you can execute telnet commands. Type ? at the telnet> prompt for a

list of telnet commands.

2. At the telnet> prompt, type the following command to connect to a remote host:

telnet> open hostname

telnet> open IP_address

Following is an example to connect to a remote host hpabsa:

telnet> open hpabsa

3. Type your user name and password when the remote host prompts for it. You

must have a valid login to the remote host to connect to it using telnet. If you

12 Logging into a Host Using telnet