Remote host logins

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You can log in to a remote host by using the telnet command.

In order to do this, you must have a valid user ID and password for the remote host.

To log in to a remote host (host1 in this example), type: 
telnet host1
Information similar to the following displays on your screen: 
Trying . . .
Connected to host1
Escape character is '^T'.
 
AIX telnet (host1)
 
AIX Operating System
Version 7.1
(/dev/pts0)
login:_

After you have logged in, you can issue commands. To log out of the system and close the connection, press the Ctrl-D key sequence.

If you cannot log in, cancel the connection by pressing the Ctrl-T key sequence.