[WEB4LIB] Telnet URLs

[Frank Cervone]

Dan,

We have wrestled with the same problem; it's not you, it's the telnet program. Many telnet programs (including the one shipped with Windows) do not correctly parse a telnet URL with a username/password combo. One program we've found that does work correctly is Tera Term Pro version 2, which is what we are using. 


Frank Cervone
Associate Director for Library Information Technology Services
DePaul University
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>>> Dan Lester <dan at 84.com> 05/25/99 01:38PM >>>
According to the Koala Book, page 174, I should be able to pass a login or 
a login/password combo in  a Telnet URL, just as you can in an FTP 
URL.  Well, I can't make it work.

I'm trying to have users click on a link to 
telnet://catalyst.boisestate.edu/    That part works fine.  However, the 
login is "catalyst" (lower case, no quotes, of course), and despite the 
instructions on the web page, some folks can't seem to handle it.  I've 
tried it as telnet://catalyst:@catalyst.boisestate.edu/, 
telnet://catalyst@catalyst.boisestate.edu, and as 
telnet://login:password@catalyst.boisestate.edu/  (using my personal login 
and pw, which I'm not going to announce, of course) and none of them 
work.  Well, they connect just fine, but apparently do not pass the login info.

The system, in case it matters, is Geac Advance on Solaris 2.5.1.

Any answers, clues, hints gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

dan

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