Re: Windows Hyperterm alternative for Linux

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 09:01:09PM -0500, Frank Rocco wrote:
>     Hello,
> 
> Can someone point me to a program that does the same thing as the
> Windows HyperTerm program?

um, in case i misunderstood on the first round...

if you wanna use linux to log in to a windows command-line
(or some other command-line server) just as you did using
hyperterm, as if logging into a plain-old-fashioned BBS,
you can just

	telnet ip.or.internet.host.name
	man telnet

from any linux command line (console or xterm).  beware: telnet
sends everything you type, verbatim, so anyone sniffing network
traffic can see what you're up to.

if it's a secure shell server, you'll wanna use SSH instead:

	apt-get install ssh
	ssh ip.or.net.name.to.connect
	man ssh

it's in non-us or non-free, so your /etc/apt/sources.list will
need the appropriate setup to accomodate it.

	apt-setup
	(which you can get via "apt-get install base-config")

will help point you in the right direction.

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