Microsoft Telnet Server (Beta)

The Telnet Server tool in the Microsoft Windows NT Server Resource Kit version 4.0 provides basic TCP/IP Telnet Server functionality. A computer running the Telnet Server tool under Windows NT Server can support connections from various TCP/IP Telnet clients, including UNIX-based and Windows NT–based computers.

The Telnet Server tool supports command-line execution of commands that normally can be run in the command window—for example, TCP/IP tool or MS-DOS commands. A command you enter at the remote Telnet client console (computer) runs on the Windows NT– based Telnet Server computer. The Telnet Server then sends the results of the command back to the remote Telnet client computer.

When you install Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation, a Telnet client is automatically installed in the Accessories folder. You use the Telnet client to connect to another computer running a TCP/IP– based Telnet server—for example, the Windows NT– based Telnet server, or a UNIX-based Telnet server.

Each Telnet client session started on the Windows NT–based Telnet server is allocated a console session that runs in the remote user's desktop context and that does not interfere with any local user sessions on the computer running Telnet Server under Windows NT. At the start of a Telnet session, the remote Telnet client must provide a user name and password to log on to the Windows NT– based Telnet Server. This information is used to create a console session with the security attributes of the user. For example, an administrator can log on to a computer running Windows NT Workstation, start the Windows NT– based Telnet client, connect to the computer running Windows NT Server with the Telnet Server tool, and run command-line scripts to add users, services, and so on.

Note

The Telnet Server tool provided with the Microsoft Windows NT Server Resource Kit version 4.0 is beta software. It does not support terminal types and provides only basic TTY functionality. To ask questions about the Telnet Server tool, contact rkinput@microsoft.com.