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#41 Cant connect with telnet

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nobody
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2004-02-07
2004-02-07
Anonymous
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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

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  • Andrew Greig

    Andrew Greig - 2004-02-18

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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

    Andrew Greig - 2004-04-12

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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

    Ryan Bair - 2004-04-26

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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.

     

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