Information about the package, telnet-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The telnet-server package is designed for, The server program for the Telnet remote login protocol.
Package Name:
telnet-server
Summary:
The server program for the Telnet remote login protocol
Description:
Telnet is a popular protocol for logging into remote systems over the Internet. The package includes a daemon that supports Telnet remote logins into the host machine. The daemon is disabled by default. You may enable the daemon by editing /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
48.el6
Size:
37 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the telnet-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install telnet-server
This command will install telnet-server on the server.
yum remove telnet-server
This command will un-install telnet-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove telnet-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove telnet-server
This command will un-install telnet-server on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove telnet-server when using the -y flag.
yum update telnet-server
This command will update telnet-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove telnet-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update telnet-server
This command will update telnet-server to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove telnet-server when using the -y flag.
yum info telnet-server
This command will show you core information about the telnet-server package.
yum deplist telnet-server
This command will show you the dependencies for telnet-server. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update telnet-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on telnet-server. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.