{"id":2282,"date":"2020-06-09T22:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2282"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:21:56","slug":"5-step-how-to-install-telnet-linux","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/5-step-how-to-install-telnet-linux","title":{"rendered":"Install Telnet on a Linux Server: The Ultimate 5 Step Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4448 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2025-12-29-142416-300x151.png\" alt=\" install telnet in a Linux server\" width=\"411\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2025-12-29-142416-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2025-12-29-142416-370x186.png 370w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2025-12-29-142416-390x196.png 390w, https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2025-12-29-142416.png 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><u><b>How to install telnet in a Linux server\u00a0<\/b><\/u><\/h4>\n<p>1) Shell access to the server by opening the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.putty.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Putty Configuration<\/a>\u00a0(which may be dowloaded from<br \/>\n<u><b>http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/download.html<\/b><\/u>)<\/p>\n<p>2) Put in\u00a0<b>host name<\/b>\u00a0as the\u00a0<b>server IP<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>port<\/b>\u00a0should be either\u00a0<b>8288 or 22<\/b>\u00a0and click\u00a0<b>Open<\/b><\/p>\n<p>3) Login as \u201c<b>root<\/b>\u201d and for the\u00a0<b>\u201cpassword\u201d<\/b>\u00a0put in the server password and press enter<\/p>\n<p>4) To install telnet in the server , type the command as\u00a0<b>yum -y install telnet<\/b><\/p>\n<p>5) You are done where the telnet function is successfully installed in the server<\/p>\n<p>Please Follow to the following articles .<a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-in-install-meta-trader-to-our-windows-vps\/\">How to in install Meta Trader to our Windows VPS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to install telnet in a Linux server\u00a0 1) Shell access to the server by opening the\u00a0Putty Configuration\u00a0(which may be dowloaded from http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/download.html) 2) Put in\u00a0host name\u00a0as the\u00a0server IP\u00a0and\u00a0port\u00a0should be either\u00a08288 or 22\u00a0and click\u00a0Open 3) Login as \u201croot\u201d and for the\u00a0\u201cpassword\u201d\u00a0put in the server password and press enter 4) To install telnet in the server , type the command as\u00a0yum&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[57],"kbtag":[1266,1158,1267],"class_list":["post-2282","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-linux-server","kbtag-install-telnet-in-a-linux-server","kbtag-linux","kbtag-telnet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6351,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2282\/revisions\/6351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=2282"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=2282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}