telnet?

[moonknight]

Ok im just goofing off on my new xubuntu distro and i was wondering how do i use telnet? i got it going but it says access denied and times out and stuff

[WingedPanther]

Well, you have to have a valid login and password to start with.

[moonknight]

i type
bash cr*p here>$ telnet
telnet> open (my ip address)

[Jordan]

What happens after you enter the IP?

[moonknight]

says
trying (insert ip address here)

then times out

[Jordan]

There are several things that could be wrong.

1) You could have an invalid IP adress
2) A firewall might be running blocking telnet
3) The server you are trying to connect to might not have telnet service running

[moonknight]

its my own computer? if it's not on can that effect it?

[Jordan]

Yes. You need telnet running if you want to telnet into the telnet port of your own computer. Most computers/servers use SSH now rather than telnet.