Telnet & Windows ?

[Tennis Smith]

Hi,

I would like to have a way to telnet to a windows machine and execute dos
commands. What's the best way to do that?

TIA,
-Tennis

 

[James Egan]

Hi,

I would like to have a way to telnet to a windows machine and execute dos
commands. What's the best way to do that?

TIA,
-Tennis

You might use netcat
http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/network_utilities/


Jim.

 

[daytripper]

You might use netcat
http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/network_utilities/

Why not just use the windows telnet client with the windows telnet server?
Even the workstation versions of windows support at least one telnet
connection, you just have to start the server then connect from a command
prompt...

 

[James Egan]

Why not just use the windows telnet client with the windows telnet server?

He didn't specify which version of windows. Very likely there won't be
a "windows telnet server" available.


Jim.

 

[daytripper]

He didn't specify which version of windows. Very likely there won't be
a "windows telnet server" available.

You snipped my second sentence - where I relate that even the workstation
versions of Windows (NT, 2K, XP) provide telnet server support for at least
one telnet connection.

That leaves precious few "Windows" versions that don't provide telnet server
support...so if anything it's "very likely" to be found...

hth

/daytripper

 

[James Egan]

That leaves precious few "Windows" versions that don't provide telnet server
support...so if anything it's "very likely" to be found...

Only if we ignore the prevalent home edition of winxp and all versions
of win9x


Jim.

 

[daytripper]

Only if we ignore the prevalent home edition of winxp and all versions
of win9x

You're living in the past. Move into the next century with the rest of us...

 

[James Egan]

You're living in the past. Move into the next century with the rest of us...

Has xp home been phased out already or are you talking through your
arse?



Jim.

 

[daytripper]

Has xp home been phased out already or are you talking through your
arse?

Ah - so *you're* the guy that actually uses XP Home...figures...
But do you really think someone asking about Telnet would be equally lame?

hth ;-)

 

[Philip Lewis]

some friends have xp home...
I like the "multiple login without disturbing other session" feature.
kinda nice...

course, that's been doable on *nix boxes for decades...
(guess that's heresy to say here

 

[Philip Lewis]

But do you really think someone asking about Telnet would be equally lame?

oh yes... actually yes, they would be that lame...
all the cool kids use ssh.

seriously... it's much better to have something secure. telnet sends
passwords in plaintext.

I believe cygwin has ssh, and i'm sure there are other
share/free/etc-ware servers out there...

personally I use VNC. (free pcanywhere like program... lets you
graphically control the computer from another one)

Combine that with ssh sever on the box in question and you have a
secure means of controling the machine.

hope that helps...

 

[John Thompson]

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc.]

I would like to have a way to telnet to a windows machine and execute dos
commands. What's the best way to do that?

Telnet is a major security concern. Use ssh instead. Cygwin includes an
OpenSSH server and client (http://www.cygwin.com/). And it's free.

 

[ObiWan]

I would like to have a way to telnet to a windows

machine and execute dos commands. What's
the best way to do that?

I can't really suggest using the plain-vanilla telnet
since it's non secure, it would be much better imho
installing an SSH server on the machine(s) and then
using an SSH client to connect to them, as a bonus
using SSH you'll also be able to transfer files...

SSH Server

http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net

SSH Client

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

FTP/SFTP Client

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net

SCP/SFTP Client

http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/

hope this will be of help


--

* ObiWan

DNS "fail-safe" for Windows 2000 and 9X clients.
http://ntcanuck.com

Support and discussions forum
http://ntcanuck.com/net/board

408 XP/2000 tweaks and tips
http://ntcanuck.com/tq/Tip_Quarry.htm

 

[Tennis Smith]

Hi ObiWan,

Good suggestions. I'll have a look.

-Tennis

 

[John Thompson]

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc.]

I can't really suggest using the plain-vanilla telnet
since it's non secure, it would be much better imho
installing an SSH server on the machine(s) and then
using an SSH client to connect to them, as a bonus
using SSH you'll also be able to transfer files...

SSH Server

http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net

Cool. I thought cygwin had the only Win32 OpenSSH server...

 

[Dan Lanciani]

| On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:24:03 GMT, daytripper
|
| >
| >That leaves precious few "Windows" versions that don't provide telnet server
| >support...so if anything it's "very likely" to be found...
| >
|
| Only if we ignore the prevalent home edition of winxp and all versions
| of win9x

I wrote a telnet server for 9x, but there was never any interest. There is
an (ancient) demo on www.danlan.com.

Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com