Using HP-UX Internet Services (August 2003)

Logging into a Host Using telnet

Using telnet

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4. When you have ﬁnished working on the remote host, type the telnet

escape character to return to command state. The escape character is

CTRL-] if you have not changed it with the telnet escape command.

5. At the telnet> prompt, type the following command to disconnect

from the remote host:

hostname

Following is an example to disconnect from the remote host hpabsa:

telnet> close hpabsa

6. Type quit to exit from the telnet session:

telnet> quit

Quicker Method to Invoke telnet

The following steps describe how to quickly invoke a telnet session:

1. Type the following command at the HP-UX prompt to invoke the

telnet session:

telnet

hostname

or telnet

IP_address

Following is an example to quickly invoke the telnet session:

telnet hpabsa

2. Type your user name and password when the remote host prompts

for it. You must have a valid login to the remote host to connect to it

with telnet. If you are using the Secure Internet Services version of

telnet you will not be prompted for a login name or password.

After you log into the remote host, telnet is in input state. When

telnet is in input state, you can use the remote host as if your

terminal or workstation is physically connected to that host.

If you notice that certain keystrokes do not function as expected, see

“Checking Your Remote Terminal Conﬁguration” on page 18.

3. When you have ﬁnished working on the remote host, type the

following command to log out of the remote host and exit from the

telnet session:

telnet> exit