29pm1-27-2008 by shanavas
Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers. Through Telnet, an administrator or another user can access someone else’s computer remotely. On the Web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to request specific files from remote computers, but not to actually be logged on as a user of that computer. With Telnet, you log on as a regular user with whatever privileges you may have been granted to the specific application and data on that computer.
Example telnet commands:
Connect to a remote system telnet> open remote_system_name
Suspend a telnet connection Ctrl ]
and return to the telnet
prompt
Close a connection to a Ctrl ]
remote system telnet> close
**Suspend telnet and work on telnet> z
the local system
**Resume the use of telnet prompt% fg
telnet>
End the telnet session telnet> quit
To display a list of telnet telnet> ?
commands
To get an explanation of a telnet> help name_of_command
command