Install telnet command in CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Install telnet in centos 8
telnet in centos 8

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 / CentOS 8 server but can be easily installed by using the dnf command.

How to install Telnet on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 / How to use telnet command to connect to a specific port.


Requirements
  1. RHEL 8 / CentOS 8
  2. Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command

telnet Installation on Centos 8 step by step instructions

1. Use the dnf command to install the telnet package:

[root@last-instance lanangjagat]# dnf install telnet

if you facing error message that tell to be run under the root user, please login to root previllege by tiping sudo -s.
[ninxia07@last-instance ~]$ dnf install telnet
Error: This command has to be run under the root user.
[lanangjagat@last-instance ~]$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for lanangjagat: 

2. Use the telnet command to connect to a host with the IP address 8.8.8.8 for example on port 53:

[ninxia07@last-instance ~]$ telnet 125.160.0.181 53

Enjoy telnet.