Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a Workgroup
Adding PC/NT Systems into the Workgroup
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• How often you plan to access the data on the PC (occasionally?
frequently? constantly?)
• The type of data you want to exchange (ASCII text? graphics? sound?
video?)
• How will you exchange the data (file transfer?, shared windowing
environment?, electronic mail?)
Configuring HP-UX Systems for Terminal Emulation
The primary reason for having a computer in a workgroup (regardless of
what type of computer it is) is so that its users can access the resources
of other computers in the workgroup.
A common way to access the resources of another computer is to log into
the remote computer using a terminal emulation program such as a
utility like telnet.
telnet
The telnet utility is a standard part of the HP-UX operating system,
and a telnet client is included in versions of Microsoft’s Windows NT 4.0
operating systems. It is used to log in to a remote system from a personal
computer (PC) or an HP-UX system.
The remote system can be a UNIX-based system (such as an HP-UX
system), or a PC running telnet server software. Initially, Windows NT
4.0 includes a telnet client program, which can be used to log in to remote
computers, but does not include a telnet server application, which would
allow other computers to “telnet in” to the Windows NT system. On
HP-UX systems, the telnet server software is known as the telnetd
daemon.
Using Telnet to Log in to a PC from an HP-UX System
To use telnet to log in to a personal computer from your HP-UX system,
you will need to:
Step 1. Make sure that the PC is running, and reachable via your network.
a. Turn on the PC and boot up the Windows NT operating system.
b. Make sure that your PC has networking services configured, and has
a network address (IP Address).