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can't get telnet working

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User tdean
Incident Number 24712
Date 2002/06/12 10:47
Status Incident closed
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Product 8.2
Architecture PowerPC
Scope Secure Shell (SSH)

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tdean : 12/06/02 10:47 AM : Incident created
-   my question is one on telnet. i "thought" i installed gnome telnet...unfortunatley when i run the program, gnome telnet opens and then i type in my hostname i want to tenlet to....and it says "telnet is not installed on your system..."

any suggestions?

 
Linegod_7611 : 12/06/02 03:12 PM : Reply received
-   At a console, type 'rpm -qa|grep telnet'. If telnet-client-krb5 does not appear in the
list, install it.

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tdean : 12/06/02 08:45 PM : More info provided
-   ok so i did the 'rpm, -qa|grep telnet' command....and only a '>' showed up on the next line. with your previous advice i am to now 'install telnet'. sorry if i sound dumb....but how do i go about doin that?

thanks

 
Linegod_7611 : 13/06/02 04:27 PM : Reply received
-   You can either type 'urpmi telnet-client-krb5' at a console, as root, or you
can type 'rpmdrake' and use the graphical installer to install it.

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tdean : 13/06/02 10:00 PM : Incident closed
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