From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13715 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2001 21:58:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13693 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2001 21:58:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO motgate2.mot.com) (136.182.1.10) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 2001 21:58:22 -0000 Received: [from pobox4.mot.com (pobox4.mot.com [10.64.251.243]) by motgate2.mot.com (motgate2 2.1) with ESMTP id OAA20929 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:58:21 -0700 (MST)] Received: [from craius.cportcorp.com ([10.14.72.61]) by pobox4.mot.com (MOT-pobox4 2.0) with ESMTP id OAA07858 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:58:20 -0700 (MST)] Received: from cportcorp.com (visitor1.cportcorp.com [10.14.73.22]) by craius.cportcorp.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id Y4M77CHQ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:56:53 -0500 Message-ID: <3C152FF9.4090509@cportcorp.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:09:00 -0000 From: Peter Buckley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Wityk, Michael" CC: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Subject: Re: telnet installation problems References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2001-12/txt/msg00555.txt.bz2 This is much more detailed, thank you. Wityk, Michael wrote: > I don't have that doc, /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-x.x.x-README. > It looks like you downloaded inetutils on 11/28/2001, but they didn't get installed. If you run setup again and select the inetutils-x.x.x package to be installed, it should put telnet in /usr/bin/telnet. There is also a cygwin-xfree mailing list that might be able to help you with the xhost stuff, but hopefully the only problem is the missing inetutils/telnet. HTH, Peter > I'm reviewing the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide. > > I'm from an NT background so I'm expecting to go the the cygwin command box > and type 'telnet'. > > I've tried this next according to the users guide, what am I missing? > > $ ./xhost targetbox > ./xhost: unable to open display "" > > > I'm trying to telnet according to page 16 and page 17 of the Cygwin/XFree86 > User's Guide. > > Unsecure Telnet > On your Windows machine: > 1. Launch Cygwin/XFree86 > 2. In an X terminal type /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost remote_host_ip_address > 3. In an X terminal type /usr/bin/telnet remote_host_ip_address. Use the > explicit > path to ensure that Cygwin's telnet is run instead of Microsoft's telnet; > Microsoft's telnet will crash > on startup when run from Cygwin/XFree86. > 4. Login to your remote machine via your telnet session > 5. In your telnet session type, DISPLAY=windows_host_ip_address:0.0 > 6. In your telnet session type, export DISPLAY > 7. You can now launch remote X clients in your telnet session, for example, > xterm& will launch an > xterm running on your remote host that will display on your Cygwin/XFree86 > screen. > 8. Launch other remote clients in the same manner; I recommend starting the > remote clients in the > background, by appending & to the command name, so that you don't have to > open several telnet > sessions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wityk, Michael > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:35 PM > To: 'Peter Buckley' > Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' > Subject: RE: telnet installation problems > > > I'm starting the desktop cygwin.bat. > > > > I've attached my setup.log and full log of what's installed. > > I'll lookup the doc you recommend in the meantime. > > thx > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Buckley [mailto:peter.buckley@cportcorp.com] > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:24 PM > To: Wityk, Michael > Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' > Subject: Re: telnet installation problems > > > comments inline > > Wityk, Michael wrote: > > >>I've installed most of the Cygwin on Win2k. >> >>I can't seem to complete the "cygwin telnet" install. >> >>Which module is missing? >> >> > > > Which modules did you download and install? You can access this > information in the setup.log, or maybe you remember the modules you > installed? > > > >>Or am I starting it improperly??? >> >> > > > How are you starting it? Are you talking about the telnet client or > server? Have you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-x.x.x-README? Are you > trying to start it from a bash shell? As a service? 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