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From: phaedrus@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Phaedrus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Telnet INTO a Mac ?
Message-ID: <18365@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 03:21:56 GMT
References: <1991Mar14.011826.18836@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <1991Mar14.011826.18836@marlin.jcu.edu.au> chma@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Michael Antolovich) writes:
>Hi,
>   I know all about (sort of) NCSA Telnet etc.  What I would like to
>know is :-  Is there any software that would allow a Telnet session into
>a Mac ?  i.e.  log into a simple shell that would allow some simple
>tasks, print, delete and/or move files.  I'm not really looking for
>something too fancy (unless there is something fancy out there ?).

    Well, if you just leave NCSA Telnet running in the background on your
machine and make sure the "FTP Enable" option is on, then other people can
ftp into your machine and do most of the things you mentioned (getting/
putting files, deleting, etc.).
    If you really want full incoming telnet capability, there's always
A/UX... :]-- 
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