John J. Boyer wrote: > I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. > > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it? You. Should. Not. Use. Telnet. except for *very* particular debugging work. Use ssh. In face, if you're working at anywhere but home, I'd be *very* surprised if your employer allows telnet for any real use. Use ssh. Telnet is from when the 'Net was a kinder, gentler place, and transfers things like username and password in plain text, meaning someone sniffing your network can read it. > > 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository. > > 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository. As someone else noted, the std. package manager for CentOS is yum. man yum, but as an example: yum install mercurial<enter> mark _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos