Integration of linux with windows2000

[iamthestar]

when i telnet to a windows 2000 prfessional client from a redhat server, it says:

"server allows NTLM authenticaion only: server has closed connection.

what does it mean, and what should i do to enable two way telnet login.

[Steven E. Protter]

It means the telnet server on Windows 2000 has either not been configured correctly or is not accepting the authentication that telnet uses.

BTW, telnet authenticates in clear text and should be avoided. Try openssh.

SEP

[Gopi Sekar]

i am bit confused here (as usual), which is your telnet server? is it windows 2000 or redhat server.

if it is windows 2000 then what SEP said may be correct, if it is redhat then you may have to take a look at firewall and other configuration related issues on redhat.

And as suggested it is always better and secure to use ssh instead of telnet.

Regards,
Gopi

[Stuart Browne]

From that, it seems that your Windows box has it's telnet server started, and configured to use NTLM (NT Lan Manager) style encrypted passwords. No Linux based telnet client I'm aware of can use NTLM authentication.

So yes, fine and SSHd implementation for Windows (I've never seen one though) so you can use common types of encryption styles for a shell, or..

What are you trying to do with the telnet server on the Windows box?