telnet 7bit ascii

[Technonoid]

I need to telnet to an Open VMS system. What I know is that it is vt100 using 7bit ascii. This is on a local network, and I'm using mandrake 8.2.

Any ideas ?

TIA

[babbing]

well, i know that you can telnet where ever you want by typing - telnet "server name" and it will prompt a log on.
i believe you can put an ip in there, and seeing how it is a local network, it should be easy to find.

for example, i log onto this server a lot with telnet and this is how i type it:

telnet cisunix.unh.edu

and it prompts me with a log on. hopefully it is this easy for you.

if this helps, goodluck, if not, goodluck ;-)

[Technonoid]

Opps, I didn't explain myself very well. I have been working on this little project all week, and getting tired.
Maybe this want be to lengthy...
I know how to telnet. telnet ###.###.###.### or
telnet
telnet> open ###.###.###.###
Anyhow, I am testing linux in our work place. We have a mix of wfwg, 95,98,98se, and 2k with 486/66 to P4 1.6ghz. Our main server is OpenVMS. We use a terminal emulator call KEA 420 by Attachmate. However in testing telnet with windows hyperterminal, I was able to talk to VMS with the (Force incoming data to 7bit ascii) option selected. Thats wat I want to know, how do I set 7bit ascii in telnet?

[Spot]

I know this may not be a solution to your problem, but hopefully you'll be able to get something out of it.
First - if at all possible, DO NOT use telnet. Second - if at all possible, DO NOT use telnet.

For remote logins, telnet is terribly, terribly insecure, as it sends all information in plain text. That means anyone running a sniffer on the network(and yes, it does happen - often) would be able to sniff out usernames AND thier passwords - you can see where that might be a problem, I'm sure.

Alternatively, use ssh. OpenSSH has a release for just about every system in existence, and hopefully one for VMS as well. You can find out more at http://openssh.org/ and a commercial version at http://ssh.com/

Next step would be clients. Putty is a superb win32 ssh client, and supports both ssh protocol 1 and ssh protocol 2, as well as telnet. Putty is freely available from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ ~sgtatham/putty/
It's tiny, free, and can be run from a floppy if need be.

[JimH]

I need to telnet to an Open VMS system. What I know is that it is vt100 using 7bit ascii. This is on a local network, and I'm using mandrake 8.2.

Any ideas ?

TIA

xterm defaults to vt100 and I believe it defaults to 7bit. Although mandrake might have 8bit enabled by default.

Have you tried using telnet from an xterm?

Jim H