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Any way to get Telnet on pfSense?

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    Nick
    last edited by Feb 12, 2008, 4:06 PM

    Hello,

    I'm not looking for the Telnet daemon but I would like to be able to use telnet to connect to other devices on my network (specifically Mikrotik router boards).  I know I could turn on SSH on the mikrotik but I've had other instances where I wish I could use telnet.

    Is there something I can pkg_add to get the functionality?

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      dotdash
      last edited by Feb 12, 2008, 4:11 PM

      I've done this a few time to connect to switches, waps, etc behind the box.
      I copied the following files off of a stock FreeBSD box to pfSense:
      /bin/telnet
      /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.8
      /usr/lib/libasn1.so.8
      /usr/lib/libroken.so.8

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        Nick
        last edited by Feb 12, 2008, 10:56 PM

        Would you be able to provide me with a rapidshare link with a .tgz of those files?  We don't have any FreeBSD boxes floating around here  :-[

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          sullrich
          last edited by Feb 12, 2008, 11:50 PM

          Do this from a shell

          fetch -o /usr/bin/telnet http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/extra/telnet
          chmod a+rx /usr/bin/telnet

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