Re: [Rad Hat 9] Exceed 7.0 issues

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 08:11:18PM -0800, Sandro Martins wrote:
> 
> I just installed RedHat 9 and I tried to access via
> Hummingbird Exceed, but I could no t make it.
> The Exceed is installed on my laptop with Win2K. I
> have connect to HP-UX, Solaris, TRU64, but I not Linux
> RedHat 9.
> 
> I open xstart and use:
> 1) Start Method = TELNET
> 2) Host Type: Linux
> 3) Command: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -sb -display @d&@;
> 
> When I click ?Run?, I receive a window called
> ?XST2.TMP - Host Reply? where ?Status : Connection
> Open?, but does not open a Telnet session. When I
> click OK, it goes to ?Status : Connection Closed
> (close timeout)?.
> 
> I am new with Linux and I have tried several thing I
> found in the net, but did not work.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sandro

Out of the box, RH Linux does not enable Telnet, and for good reason.
It is the world's largest (well, maybe only 2nd largest) security
hole.  See

http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#connecting

If _and_only_if_ you are on a network behind a secure firewall, you
can enable telnet using "ntsysv" or other system admin tool.  But the
better solution is to use a Secure SHell (SSH) tool like PuTTY

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

and turn on your ssh server on your Linux box using some system admin
tool, or by

  chkconfig sshd on # to enable it at the next boot
  service sshd start # to turn it on right now

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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