On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 07:05:35AM -0500, Mansur, Warren wrote:
> Thanks all. I set term to vt220 on my local machine, and then whenever
> I telnet to other machines it uses vt220 unless I change it explicitly
> on the remote machine.
Both the Linux console and xterm are designed to be vt100 compatible;
if that's what you're using, you'll probably have the best results
with that setting.
> > I also suggest you use ssh whenever possible rather than telnet.
>
> I totally agree. Unfortunately the remote machines have no sshd and I
> don't have root privileges on those machines.
While I haven't tried it, you *SHOULD* be able to install ssh and sshd
on the remote as a regular user (in a directory you have write access
to, such as your home directory). You'll need to run it on a
non-priviledged port though, since you need to be root to bind a
socket to a priviledged port. This will somewhat limit which types of
authentication you can use with SSH, but it's still better than telnet.
The people who manage the remote machine may have policies against
doing this sort of thing though, so it may be wise to check with them
first. You might also be able to convince them to install OpenSSH for
you.
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