Port Default - Login Service

The NETServer uses the service specified here to connect users not in the user table with the port default host. Users with user table entries will not use this setting This setting is never used when Security is set to On. Note that the remote terminal or workstation does not need to know how to use this service since it talks directly to the NETServer, not the host. Use the following command:

set s<port #> service_login <login service> <TCP port#>

<TCP port#> is the port number on the host you want to connect to. It is optional unless you choose Netdata as the login service.

<login service> is one of the following:

Telnet

Supported by most TCP/IP computers, Telnet lets

 

the user log in to hosts that support it. If you set a

 

terminal type (see Term Type below), Telnet will pass

 

that information along. Otherwise, it negotiates a

 

standard, Network Virtual Terminal interface.

Rlogin

Although Rlogin was originally a (BSD) UNIX only

 

protocol, it is now supported by some non-UNIX

 

machines as well. Unlike Telnet, Rlogin allows a

 

user logged into a host, to access their accounts on

 

other (trusted) hosts without reentering a password.

 

Rlogin requires that you specify a terminal type.

 

See Term Type below.

PortMux

(Default) PortMux is similar to Telnet except that it

 

multiplexes many Telnet sessions into a single data

 

stream that’s more efficient to transmit and requires

 

fewer connections. PortMux requires that the host

 

be running a special PortMux daemon (in.pmd).

 

Note that this daemon also allows the host to use

 

NETServer ports set to Host Device as pseudo TTYs

 

(See Chapter 7). The PortMux daemon is available

 

on the U.S. Robotics web site.

Netdata

Unlike Telnet, Rlogin and PortMux, Netdata is not

 

actually a login service. Netdata is a direct (clear

 

TCP) connection to a given TCP port number. 8-bit

 

data is exchanged without interpretation. Such

 

connections may be used by dial in applications that

 

require a socket interface.

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