Re: nested telnet

From: Andrew Gabriel (andrew_at_cucumber.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: 19 Oct 2004 14:44:20 GMT

In article <f7eb0deb.0410190612.ab77226@posting.google.com>,
        terry433iid@yahoo.com (terry433iid) writes:
> terry433iid@yahoo.com (terry433iid) wrote in message news:<f7eb0deb.0410182326.30c06523@posting.google.com>...
>> I have a question on nested telnet sessions; if I am connected to
>> <system1> via rlogin, I then telnet to <system2> and then from there
>> telnet to <system3>, by executing the telnet 'close' command I loose
>> all telnet sessions and dropped back to <system1>......how can I drop
>> back one telnet level in this nested setup from <system3> to <system2>
>
> Hi Laurenz,
> how do I setup escape character in the first place, I thought <ctrl>+[
> was default esacpe char in solaris (i.e. brings telnet session to
> telnet> prompt)

man telnet

The other thing you can do, having hit <ctrl>+[, is to tell the first
telnet to send the escape sequence to the second telnet, "send escape",
also on the manpage. 

-- 
Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer

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