am a newbie with this telnet thing. where can i download a freeware telnet application? also, what are the basic helpful commands that you can suggest so i can info from my server?

get putty and use ssh (
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ )

some basic commands:

ls (list files)
ps ux (user processes)
ps aux (all processes)
top (look at current processes in real time)
mkdir dirname (make directory called dirname)
cp source destination (copy source to destination)
mv source destination (move source to destination)

i suggest reading stuff about linux from various websites. it will help you out.

why not just use the telnet client that comes with the Windows OS? Just type 'telnet' at the command prompt.

I agree ith tech...putty is a good client, and you should use ssh if your host supports it!

If you have Windows, you should already have a telnet program installed ... called telnet! :) Just click start, run, and then type telnet and enter. If that does not work, others can probably suggest another program.

Here are some useful commands you'll want to learn:

ls -- Shows the contents directories. Run "ls -al" for more details on the files, and to show all files (including ones that start with dots)
cd "directory" -- Will change into the new directory
uptime -- check how long the server has been up, how many users are logged in, and the load average
top -- Will show all of the processes currently running
who -- A more detailed list of who is logged in

This is only a small list. There are hundreds of other command that are quite useful. I recommend checking out this page over at LinuxNewbie:

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/commands/index.html

It has a long list of commands to learn. :)

LOL. I guess I can't post fast enough to be the first one to reply. ;)

And if anyone tells you to use a command that includes "rm -rf", run and cover your ears! :D

(rm -rf = delete directories + files)

hehe, sorry vincent..and noooo, dont teach the power of rm -rf ... :)

no, but
rm -rf /usr/local/cpanel
would probably save you a lot of headaches :D

Does anyone know a URL that has a list of free SSH programs?

Originally posted by Webdude
no, but
rm -rf /usr/local/cpanel
would probably save you a lot of headaches :D

LOL
But don't forget WHM...

Originally posted by daydreamer
Does anyone know a URL that has a list of free SSH programs?
Try this one:

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/1,10150,0-10001-103-0-1-7,00.html?tag=srch&qt=ssh&cn=&ca=10001

Mark Vockler
Aletia Hosting

Well thats funny that shortly after I posted that, our CPanel/WHM suddenly stops working and returns and invalid Lisc File error due to VDI no longer recognizing our IP's. After all day of me dealing with it, they still dont have it back up and running. Doesnt that seem kinda suspicious? I hope that's not the case. I would hope they would be professional enough not to pull a stunt like that, and I would hope they'd be professional enough to fix it right away also. As it stands now, things have been down since pre-dawn this morning..

The fact that Bill seems to be ignoring my ICQ messages isnt helping suspicions either. C'mon VDI guys, let's get it fixed. There's no excuse for our CPanel/WHM to be down 12+ hours..

Ok, 7:30 PM central time, it's fixed. Hope this doesnt become a common thing. Looks like Adam fixed it..