xiaohe@tybalt.caltech.edu (Xiao-He Zhang) (03/21/88)
I am not sure if this is the right group, and I am sorry if this has been discussed recently. Can anyone tell me how I can escape back to local host from "telnet" temporarily and how I can supply a login file for "telnet"? More specificly, 1. I see a "z" in telnet commands and it returns me back to my local host. If I am using a Unix machine, "fg" gets me back to telnet prompt. But I don't know how to reconnect to the remote machine except logout the remote machine and login again. Is there any way to reconnect me back to the remote machine without logout first? If I am using a VMS machine, I even don't know how to resume the telnet process. 2. To log in to a remote machine using telnet, I must say who I am, my password (of course) and the terminal type. Is it possible to put these information in a login file and automate the login procedure so that the first thing I'll see is the shell prompt of the remote machine? Better yet, can I use a crypted file to protect my password in other systems? Thank you in advance. xiao-He Zhang || xiaohe@tybalt.caltech.edu | xiaohe@caltech.bitnet
relkins@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Rob Elkins) (03/21/88)
In article <5854@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> xiaohe@tybalt.caltech.edu (Xiao-He Zhang) writes: > > I am not sure if this is the right group, and I am sorry if this has been >discussed recently. Can anyone tell me how I can escape back to local host >from "telnet" temporarily and how I can supply a login file for "telnet"? Assuming you are using telnet on unic, when you are logged on to the remote host, you can enter the escape ^] (thats control right bracket) , that should take you back to the telnet> prompt, which you can enter ^z to stop the job to return to the local machine. To get back, you type fg to bring the stopeed job back to the foreground, hit return and you should be back on the remote machine. Good Luck Rob Elkins -- ARPA: relkins@vax1.acs.udel.edu BITNET: FFO04688@UDACSVM UUCP: ...!sun!vax1.acs.udel.edu Live Long and Prosper! Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a <Insert Occupation Here>