#41 Cant connect with telnet

[Anonymous]

I am trying to connect with telnet but it will not work.
Once I connect it asks me for the admin password and I
type it in then it does nothing. Some support with this
would be greatly appreciated.
Please email me rob@extremedevelopment.net if you are
able to help.

Thanks

Rob

[Andrew Greig]

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This seems to catch everyone out.

Once you connect via telnet it prints a notice to remind you
to give your admin password. Turns out this is *not a
prompt*, just a reminder. The only things you are allowed
to type in are commands of the form $command blah|

So, to log in after connecting, type $adminpass xxxxxxxx|
where xxxxxxx is your password.

It should respond with 'Password accepted', then you are
right to carry on giving commands. When you're done, type
$exit| to disconnect.

[Rouben Tchakhmakhtchian]

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RTFM! ;)

[Andrew Greig]

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That would be an acceptable comment if reading the Fine
Manual clearly answered the question. It does provide
necessary clues, but fails to actually explain the process
of providing the admin password.

The '$command <param>|' syntax is completely alien to anyone
new to direct connect. Reading the 'Administration through
telnet' section of the 'general' file gives no example of it
in use to aid understanding. I've made a small patch to
remove this obscurity, at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=933920&group_id=41830&atid=431659

[Ryan Bair]

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Are you entering it correctly?

It needs to be entered as $adminpass password|

On some clients it needs to be perfect the first time, any
backspaces will mess it up.