telnet into linux from windows XP

[Simon Chu]

I did ifconfig and got the ip addr of the
linux machine, in XP cmd window I do
telnet <ipaddr>
it says 'Could not open connection to the host, on
port 23: Connect failed'

Can you help?

Simon
thanks

 

[allan grossman [mvp]]

Hi, Simon -

Most Linux distributions ship with the telnet daemon
disabled these days - chances are the machine won't
answer because the telnetd is shut off for security
reasons.

Try using an SSH client like PuTTY and come in on port
22. SSH is considerably more secure than telnet.

Hope this helps -