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Telnet Access

You can use a telnet application to connect to your account via telnet. For specific assistance, refer to the help provided by your telnet application.

How to telnet to your VWS

Open your telnet application.
At the prompt enter: telnet hosting.connect.com.au
Enter your login name at the login prompt.
The string otp-md5 xxx ssssss is displayed where xxx is a three digit number between 001 and 499 indicating which password string to use next from your list of passwords and ssssss is the seed. See the page on One Time Passwords for more information.
Enter the requested One Time Password. If it is correct, you are logged in to your account.

Here is an example to give you an idea of what to expect:

bash$ telnet hosting.connect.com.au
 Trying 192.189.54.3 ...
 Connected to hosting.connect.com.au.
 Escape character is '^]'.
 UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (hosting0)
 login: zorkmid
 otp-md5 459 xa5678
 Response: JOE CUFF HACK FOLD MIME KURT
 Last login: Mon Jun 17 13:22:49 from koro.off
 $

Available Unix shells

If you are familiar with Unix, you may prefer to use a particular shell when using your web site. The following UNIX shells are available on your AAPT Web .

Bourne shell (sh) - This is the default
Bourne-again shell (bash)
C shell (csh)
TC shell (tcsh)
Korn shell (ksh)

To find out which shell you are currently using enter the command echo $SHELL.