[LEDE-DEV] LEDE - Telnet Client

[bart van zoest]

Hi Carlo,

Please read this thread on the LEDE forum:
https://forum.lede-project.org/t/where-is-a-telnet-client/361/6
To quote hnyman:
"Previously telnet client was part of the busybox multi-utility, but
when the "telnet server" was disabled in 2015 and ssh was set to be
the only login method, also the "telnet client" capability was
removed.
If you want to have telnet client easily available, compiling a
firmware that has modified busybox options so that telnet is again in
busybox is maybe the easiest option.".

Regards,
Bart

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Carlo <carlo.ngn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was using OpenWrt as remote "swiss army knife" with the embedded telnet
> client. I'm usual to get access via SSH to the remote OpenWRT box and from
> there use the telnet client for router/switch configuration, for mail/http
> session simulation/troubleshooting  etc .
> Now I'm starting using LEDE, but it seems that the telnet client has been
> removed from busybox.
>
> If I search the package list i see only this programs:
>
> mac-telnet-client
> mac-telnet-discover
> mac-telnet-ping
> mac-telnet-server
> openocd
> perl-net-telnet
> ruby-net-telnet
> ser2net
>
> I don't want to recompile the sources to re-include telnet client, since I
> prefer to keep the OS as standard as possible, to use it an all the
> supported hardware.
> I was wondering if the dev-team can consider to re-introduce the telnet
> client in the OS or consider to make available a stand-alone pkg telnet
> clien.
>
> Regards
> Carlo
>
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