
PuTTY Linux and Mac have their own built in terminal access programs, but Windows needs a little help. Disabling Telnet Use Tips and Tweaks plugin to disable Telnet and FTP on your unRAID server Or add these 2 lines to your go file, /boot/config/go ( type them EXACTLY as below!) sed -i -e 's/^telnet/#telnet/' /etc/nf /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd restart Note: see also this

Instead of the built-in Telnet tool, we recommend installing PuTTY, with enhanced Telnet services. Please see this thread for comments on Telnet usage in Vista, Windows 7, and the Mac. The Telnet tool is usually a part of most operating systems, and generally immediately available, but in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and probably later versions too, it needs to be 'turned on' through the "Turn Windows features on or off" tool. Access to this console is through a Telnet program from your desktop station.
PUTTY SSH CONSOLE SOFTWARE
Telnet Using Telnet The unRAID Server software includes a built-in Telnet server, which may be used to open a command window (also called a shell or console) on your server. SSH unRAID v6 and later automatically sets up the SSH keys necessary for SSH access For terminal access from a Windows station, use the PuTTY instructions below to install, configure, and set up the SSH connection more help needed? ssh setup help? (WIP)
PUTTY SSH CONSOLE INSTALL
SSH is included and set up in v6, but it will only work with earlier versions if you install an SSH package. The Telnet sections should work for all versions of unRAID, but the SSH sections are only useful for systems with SSH installed and working.
PUTTY SSH CONSOLE PASSWORD
Naturally, you should already have entered a password for 'root' on your unRAID server! Note: this page assumes you are running unRAID v6.

Another recommendation, for Windows or Mac, is Xshell, similar to PuTTY. Instructions and links in the PuTTY section below. For Windows, PuTTY is the recommended package, with enhanced support for both Telnet and SSH. Linux and Mac stations already have terminal access built in. But please remember that it is more secure to disable Telnet, and set up SSH for all further terminal access. There are instructions below for disabling Telnet, but Telnet does make it easier the first time you want to access your server from another machine. SSH is recommended instead as more secure. Telnet is no longer recommended however, because it is older and easier to attack. For terminal access from other machines, unRAID includes both Telnet and SSH support.

If you have a monitor attached to your unRAID server, then when you boot normally (not the boot GUI), you end up at the console with a login prompt. Linux terminal sessions usually always require a login with password. It's very similar to an MS-DOS command prompt in Windows, a 'DOS box', except this is Linux, so you can't use DOS commands. It's called by different things, such as a 'shell' or 'console' or 'terminal' or 'command window', but always is line driven and has a command prompt. Terminal Access What is "Terminal access"? Synonyms for 'terminal': console, shell, command window, DOS box, command prompt, Windows cmd shell, Telnet window It's the opening of a terminal session and obtaining a command line prompt, at which you can enter commands directly on the system, whether you are on the system itself using its keyboard and monitor, or on a different machine using SSH or Telnet.
