can anyone tell me how to use (telnet and ftp) or (ssh) in mandrake linux 8.1? I have looked manuals online (www.openssh.com and www.linux-mandrake.com), but it didn't help. Please describe in detail. I want to know how to use telnet/ssh in linux to access an remote machine. I know how to use it in windows, but not in linux thank you,

Just type telnet or ftp in a console window. Then type "open hostname" hostname can be any hostname or ip number. Typing help will give you a list of all the commands. Mik

for ssh, ./configure --help | more choose the options, note the md5-passwords option, which you more than likely need! make && make install add /usr/local/sbin/sshd or /usr/sbin/sshd or whatever you had for --prefix=xxx to your init scripts. then use: [user@localhost ~]$ ssh user@localhost there are various options check the man pages, you may want to investigate -c/-C/-v, you may not. :) cya

when I use telnet, ftp, or ssh, I type something like " open name@host ", it takes sometime to respond. And it responded with a message saying " hostname not found " something like that. However, when I load my windows98, I could log on the telnet very easily. You may wonder why wouldn't I just use win98 to log in. The reason is because I use telnet or ssh is to log in the remote machine to do my programming. When I use my windows to log in, the displaying text in the console of the remote machine seem to mix up( overlap). So, if I use linux to log in and get the file to my computer and write, compile or execute from there. Do I have to do some configuration in linux?

The "@host" part may be causing you trouble. The receiving server may get confused about passwd's because the propper syntax for the command is: "open username:password@hostname.host". If you just type something like "open ftp.microsoft.com" it will prompt you for a username and password if required