Thank you for your reply . Please be informed that I tried as the followings : #apt-cache search telnet #apt-get install telnet At now , my Debian server can telnet to my MS Windows client but my MS Windows client cannot telnet to my Debian server . Can you please let me know what is still wrong ? Thank you in advance
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI < edua...@kalinowski.com.br> wrote: > hadi motamedi wrote: > > Dear All > > Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I enable telnet & > > ssh on my Debian 3.1 server (as it does not support them at now) ? > > Just install the packages with the servers. In the latest version they > are openssh-server and telnetd (or another package providing > telnet-server). This may be different in previous versions, but you can > find out packages with 'apt-cache search telnet' or a similar command. > > Note, however, that telnet is quite unsecure as it transmits passwords > in cleartext. ssh is better, but old versions of both may have security > problems. If you are going to have services running on your machine, > it's highly recommended to upgrade to the latest stable version, Debian > 5.0 because this version gets security fixes, unlike your ancient version. > > > -- > You know it's going to be a long day when you get up, shave and shower, > start to get dressed and your shoes are still warm. > -- Dean Webber > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI > edua...@kalinowski.com.br > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
