ssh or telnet
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My goal is to connect remotely thru LAN and have a command prompt to Linux Box. Which would be easier to configure, ssh or a telnet server?
So far I've tried ssh...... got the sshd server running and downloaded putty for my remote pc. I opened port 22 in Guard Dog. When I try to connect from remote pc, I get network timeout error. So from terminal on Linux Box I typed "ssh jenkins@localhost", it asked for a password and gave me a command prompt. I have not configured any of the /etc/ssh/ files. My remote pc is using Putty to connect. It is also a wireless laptop, I dont think the wireless should matter unless Putty only talks thru eth0?
OR would telnet be the easier way to go since I am working thru LAN and not internet? I have not even looked on what Mepis has to offer on telent.
An opinion from one of you guru's would be greatly appreciated.
It turns out that my
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It turns out that my inexperience w/ Guarddog was the problem. I created port 22 but did not enable it as being "OK". Enabled ssh and all OK.
Travis
Ssh should be pretty easy to
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Ssh should be pretty easy to configure. I don't know what exactly is the problem, try to turn the firewall completely off. Try to connect locally to ssh on the machine you want to connect, run: ps -A | grep ssh to see if sshd is really running.
telnet shouldn't really be used by anyone since it sends the passwords in clear text.
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