Telnet

[Kaneda]

does anyone have any like beginners guides for administrating a remote webserver from telnet? tutorials, howto's. anything of that nature.



thanks,
Drew:beer:

[Chrisdafu]

I would use ssh instead of telnet. Its much more secure. With ssh you have a shell once you log in to do whatever you like (if your root of course). If there windows servers Im not really sure what it would be like, as I have never used it for wondows.

[Kaneda]

isnt it pretty much the same thing tho? ssh/telnet?

[Kaneda]

oh its a linux webserver

[Chrisdafu]

The biggest diffrence is that wiht telnet everything typed is sent in plain text over the internet. With ssh everything is encrypted. If someone is sniffing your network and you log in as root to your server with telnet they would have your pass. With ssh they would have a bunch of jibberish.

[Kaneda]

ok gotcha! ;) coulda just said its encrypted lol =P

[TC]

Never use telnet over the internet for something that needs to be secure. Putty is a nice free ssh client.

[Kaneda]

ok i got putty, but im still learning the commands (on my own, trial and error) is there a site with a listing of normal commands? ive been trying dos prompt commands mostly. some have worked though.

thanks,
Drew

[LiGhTBoY]

There's a book , the linux complete command reference (or something like that, it's on my want-to-read books) that is 1000+ pages lol
I'll try linux.org for some books and how-tos to get you familiar with the commands.

PS
There is always the man [command] ;)

[Kaneda]

Thanks i will look into that.

[foxforcefive]

Are you trying to learn how to use Telnet/SSH or how to use LINUX?

BL

[Kaneda]

telnet/ssh ive searched for some beginner guides and such, but i just cant find any if it helps any im connecting TO a linux webserver.

[foxforcefive]

The client software is pretty self explanatory. If you download PuTTY, you basically choose the SSH radio button, enter the ip address or hostname of the server, and press OK or connect (can't remember)

Pretty easy.

BL

[Kaneda]

Originally posted by DrewBoOty
does anyone have any like beginners guides for administrating a remote webserver from telnet? tutorials, howto's. anything of that nature.

this is all im asking for, does no-one have any of these? i have searched and couldnt find much but then again ive never used telnet so i dont know what to search for.

once i connect its linux commands from there on out??

[LiGhTBoY]

Yes after the connection its linux all the way ;)