Telnet session - can't run commands

Question

I have 2 VMs running CentOS 5.0 and I configured telnet on both of them.

I can telnet from one to another... but when I type ls or cd at the prompt I get a message like this

-bash: ls: command not found

Please advise. Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '10 at 12:01

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Sounds like you've got nothing in your path. Try /bin/ls and see if that works. If it is, you'll have to add common directories to your $PATH, or execute your .bashrc file.

Also, you really shouldn't be using telnet, as it's hugely insecure. You'd be much better of installing SSH (or enabling it, it's often installed by default).

answered Jun 17 '10 at 12:01

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I've tried which ls and got the /bin/ls but still I get no expected output. – Joao Heleno Jun 17 '10 at 12:05
@Joao: Does `echo *` give you a list of files? It's curious that `which` works, but `ls` and `cd` don't (especially since `cd` is a builtin). Do `pwd` and `/bin/pwd` work? – Dennis Williamson Jun 17 '10 at 14:04

Telnet session - can't run commands

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