On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 17:34 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:26:06 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > Beartooth wrote: > >> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:40:42 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> > >>> Isn't it easier just to say > >>> telnet 192.168.a.b 631 > >>> Doesn't this tell you if you are connected to the CUPS server much > >>> more simply? > >> > >> I take care not to install telnet, or to remove it if anaconda > >> installs it. > >> > > The telnet client is handy to have. The telnet server is the one you > > would normally want to remove. > > Apps like pirut and the packagekit give me only a single choice, > telnet or no telnet, without any indication of role; and rpm -q says "not > installed." So I had supposed, absent any indication to the contrary, > that it was a single package, comprising if not functioning as both a > server and a client -- and nobody ever told me "Get rid of telnet > server," but simply "Get rid of telnet." Also, if I plug the numbers in > to "telnet 192.168.a.b 631" I get an error saying "command not found." > > If I try "yum install telnet-client" or "...telnet_client," or > "...telnetclient," I get a message saying no such package is available. > > If I put a space between the words, as if telnet and client were > two apps, it tells me client is not available, and offers to install > telnet -- one unitary thing. > > How then can you get a client without a server? If I let yum > install this one thing, is there then (only then) a way to split it and > get rid of half? Remember I neither have nor am likely to acquire the > savvy to handle electronic attacks. ---- telnet.i386 : The client program for the telnet remote login protocol. telnet-server.i386 : The server program for the telnet remote login protocol. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
