Oct 06, 2015 If you mean HOST a telnet server. Mac OS X Tips: enabling the telnet daemon, ssh daemon Or basically, just run. Sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library. Telnet is a very useful application that is used still by many Mac users for various reasons, including security purpose, system administrations, etc.
PuTTY's raw connection type is just a way of making a raw TCP connection. You can use telnet or nc to achieve the same thing in Terminal:
will@Darwin:~> nc relay.plus.net 25
220 relay.plus.net ESMTP Exim Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:02:08 +0100
helo
250 pih-relay08.plus.net Hello [1.2.3.4]
quit
221 pih-relay08.plus.net closing connection
will@Darwin:~> telnet relay.plus.net 25
Trying 212.159.8.107...
Connected to relay.plus.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 relay.plus.net ESMTP Exim Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:03:10 +0100
helo
250 pih-relay08.plus.net Hello [1.2.3.4]
quit
221 pih-relay08.plus.net closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
will@Darwin:~> nc relay.plus.net 25
220 relay.plus.net ESMTP Exim Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:02:08 +0100
helo
250 pih-relay08.plus.net Hello [1.2.3.4]
quit
221 pih-relay08.plus.net closing connection
will@Darwin:~> telnet relay.plus.net 25
Trying 212.159.8.107...
Connected to relay.plus.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 relay.plus.net ESMTP Exim Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:03:10 +0100
helo
250 pih-relay08.plus.net Hello [1.2.3.4]
quit
221 pih-relay08.plus.net closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
Aug 3, 2009 4:05 PM
If you are new to the process of Telnet and have never accessed a Telnet BBS system before, the following is a mini-tutorial of how the Telnet process works and how to use a Telnet client.
- OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users rely on.
- If you install telnet from previous version (time machine) or via brew. You will need it to be in the /usr/bin directory. Using the /opt/local/bin directory will work if you only use command line telnet via $PATH but will break any telnet URLs. For example open terminal and typing telnet 1.1.1.1 will work.
- Reboot your Mac and hold the CMD + R keys 2. When presented with the recovery options, (you might need to enter your password first if you use FileVault encryption) click Utilities at.
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) have been around long before the Internet. Traditional BBS systems that were “dial-up” based were accessed by dialing them directly with your analog telephone modem. This meant you used a “terminal program” to access these BBS systems. Accessing BBS systems via the Internet also requires a terminal program called a Telnet Client. While most operating systems have a built-in Telnet Client, we do not recommend these as they do not display the graphics correctly. Instead, we suggest any of the following free Telnet Client programs for your operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc.)
Telnet Client Programs
(Recommended)
SyncTerm (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.)
Mac Telnet Install
NetRunner (Windows, Linux)
EtherTerm (Windows, Linux)
mTelnet (Windows, OS/2)
There are other Telnet clients will work, but they are not free:
ZOC (Windows, Mac OS X)
Telnet Mac Os X El Capitan
NetTerm (Windows)
Command Line Telnet
(Not Recommended)
You can also use the command line from your operating system. Though this will work, the graphics may or may not display correctly.
Windows
By default, Windows does not install the Telnet Client in Windows anymore. You will need to “turn on” the Telnet Client first. Once that is turned on, you can either open up a Command Prompt, or run the Telnet command from the Run menu.
Click on Start, then Run. Then type in:
Telnet yourdomain.com
Where “yourdomain.com” is either a domain name (example – bbs.dmine.net) or a number (example – 127.0.0.1)
Example:
telnet bbs.dmine.net
or
telnet 127.0.0.1
Linux, Mac OS X and other Unix
For Linux – Some Linux distributions do not have the Telnet Client installed. Run the appropriate “yum” command to install the Telnet client for your particular Linux distribution. Once the Telnet client is installed, open up a Terminal window. Then type in:
Telnet yourdomain.com
Where “yourdomain.com” is either a domain name (example – bbs.dmine.net) or a number (example – 127.0.0.1)
Example:
telnet bbs.dmine.net
or
telnet 127.0.0.1
Last updated: March 5, 2016