[3960] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Telnetting to NT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric W. Sorensen)
Wed Aug 7 01:21:55 1996
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 20:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Eric W. Sorensen" <sorensen@argo.net>
To: Robert Wuest <RobertWuest@kemet.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <1996Aug06.062156.1724.69377@smtpgw.kemet.com>
Win 3.11 and Win95 Do not allow telnet access - If you think about it
for a minute, those machines are strictly single user boxes. Much
unlike UNIX, they do not provide the ability to manage users, multi-user
accounts, user id's group id's and the like. They are strictly client
machines capable of only running client software. UNIX is
client/server, WIN 95 and Win 311 are not.
Windows NT is microsofts contribution to the client/server market.
Since WIN NT is nothing more than than a third rate bastardization of
UNIX, I imagine it has some remote login capabilities. I am basing
this on the fact Microsoft literally stole the UNIX ftp software suite.
Run the command "FTP" from the DOS/Command line prompt on any WIN 95
machine and anybody familiar with UNIX FTP will suddenly be in
familiar territory...
Also, since all three of these operating systems are GUI based, it
would be impossible to use them over any type of serial line
connection. Just as with UNIX, the X-Windows system can only be run
from a system console.
Eric Sorensen
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Robert Wuest wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have two computers running Linux (V 2.0.11), one at home, one at the
> office. I can connect them using PPP.
> The office computer is on a Netware LAN (V4.10) using IPX. Is is possible to
> dial into my Linux box and telnet (or some other means) into other computers
> in the office running NT, Win 3.11, and Win 95? Can you point me to any docs
> on how to do this.?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
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