Telnet to server

[Jeepsta]

Can I telnet (I think thats right) from my client computer to my server/firewall and control it from that? If so...how?

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[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Put it in the IP addy in telnet and click "okay" http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif.

Most distro's have the default setting of not allowing root logins via telnet. You can su to it tho.

A better alternative is to get ssh. Ssh is encrypted so you won't paste your password all over the internet (telnet sends passwords as plain text) and you can login as root.