13.   A final miscellany

13.3   What is Telnet?

Telnet allows you to login on a remote computer as if you were using a terminal directly attached to it. What user name you should use and whether you need a password depend on how the computer you are connecting to is set up. You may be able to use all the facilities of the computer, or (more commonly) you may be restricted to using a single application.

For an example of the use of Telnet, see the section on changing your Demon password.

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