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How to install telnet command

in RHEL 8 / CentOS 8
 Lubos Rendek  Redhat / CentOS
 24 September 2019

Telnet command is a valuable tool for any network or

system administrator. It allows for troubleshooting and
manipulation of various services.

The telnet package is not installed by default on RHEL 8

(/how-to-install-rhel-8) / CentOS 8 server but can be easily
installed by using the dnf command.

In this tutorial you will learn:

How to install Telnet on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

How to use telnet command to connect to a specific
port.

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Telnet command on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Software Requirements and

Conventions Used
Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions

Requirements, Conventions or
Category Software Version Used

System RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

Software N/A

Other Privileged access to your Linux system

as root or via the sudo command.

Conventions # - requires given linux commands

(/linux-commands) to be executed with
root privileges either directly as a root
user or by use of sudo command
$ - requires given linux commands
(/linux-commands) to be executed as a
regular non-privileged user

How to install telnet command in

RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 step by step
instructions
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Step 1 Use the dnf command to install (/how-to-

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# dnf install telnet

Step 2 Use the telnet command to connect to a host

with the IP address 8.8.8.8 on port 53:

$ telnet 8.8.8.8 53

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