HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Using Telnet to Log in to an HP-UX System from a PC
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).
2. Make sure that the telnetd daemon is running on your HP-UX system.
The telnetd daemon is not usually run directly. Copies of telnetd are started
by the inetd daemon when requests arrive over the network for Telnet services.
Therefore:
a. Verify that an entry for telnetd exists in the configuration file /etc/
inetd.conf; the entry should look like this:
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd
b. Verify that the file /etc/services has an entry that looks like this:
telnet 23/tcp # Virtual Terminal Protocol
c. Verify that the inetd daemon is running. On a networked system running
at or above run level 2, inetd is automatically started by the script /sbin/
rc.2.d/S500inetd during the boot-up sequence. You can verify that it is
running by issuing the following command:
# /usr/bin/ps -ef|grep inetd
3. On your PC, start the Telnet client software.
If you are using the Telnet client that comes with the Windows operating system,
you can start the client by:
a. Clicking on the Start bar in the lower-left corner of your PC’s screen
b. Clicking Programs in the resulting pop-up menu
c. Clicking Accessories in the resulting pop-up menu
d. Clicking on Telnet in the final pop-up menu
4. Use the Telnet client to connect to your HP-UX system.
If you are using the Telnet client software that comes with the Windows operating
system, you can connect to your HP-UX system by:
a. Clicking on the Connect menu item in the upper-left corner of your telnet
window.
b. Clicking on the Remote System ... menu item from the connect menu.
c. Entering the name of your HP-UX system in the Host Name field of the
resulting dialog box (leave the Port field set to telnet).
d. Clicking on the Connect button in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.
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