how can i edit via telnet? (me real noob)

[th1alb]

i only have access via telnet, how could i edit a text file?

i tried the ed command but i dont know how that works, i just get a number and then question-marks, i dont even know how to exit edlin.

 

thank you.

(what i am trying to do is, to edit the php.ini)

[tek-69]

to use your text editor telnet into the box with the file you wanna edit then type cd over to the directory the file is in and type vi filenamegoeshere . once it brings up your file type i this will allow you to edit the file then when your done editing hit esc and type :wq

[th1alb]

ur answer sounds very confusing to me, but this is what i did:

 

i copied it to a folder which i can access with my ftp.

i edited it and uploaded it again

now back in telnet, im trying to copy it where i got it from

 

these i belive are the paths:

 

/etc/php.ini <- this is where i want to copy the edited one

/home/pblach/php.ini <- this is my edited version in my folder.

 

im using this command but for some reason it doesnt work:

(beeing in the etc directory)

 

cp /home/pblach/php.ini /

cp /home/pblach/php.ini .

 

i tried both commands and they dont work, do i have a wrong syntax?

it says:

cp: cannot create reular file '/php.ini': Permission denied

 

 

thx

[tek-69]

these i belive are the paths:

 

/etc/php.ini <- this is where i want to copy the edited one

/home/pblach/php.ini <- this is my edited version in my folder.

 

im using this command but for some reason it doesnt work:

(beeing in the etc directory)

 

cp /home/pblach/php.ini /

cp /home/pblach/php.ini .

 

i tried both commands and they dont work, do i have a wrong syntax?

it says:

cp: cannot create reular file '/php.ini': Permission denied

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if you want the file /home/pblach/php.ini to overwrite /etc/php.ini type

cp /home/pblach/php.ini /etc/php.ini

i beleive by doin cp /home/pblach/php.ini / you were trying to write it straight to the root directory which is why you were getting permission errors, which would be good cuz you didnt want it there anyway.

[anyweb]

you are getting permission denied because you are not root

 

to login as root type this

 

su -

 

note the - after su

 

also, do NOT use telnet. it is totally insecure, use ssh instead

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[danZenie]

you shold not be using telnet. try OpenSSH.

[Guest]

Tek-69 is right. Your not quite telling it to do what you want. The syntax for cp goes like this:

 

cp <source> <destination>

 

so you want to type :

 

cp /home/pblach/php.ini /etc

 

And like the other guys said, you really don't want to use telnet, ssh is the way to go. If you're using windows, try using PuTTY.

 

[/url]http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

 

Also, your original question about wasn't really answered. vi is a standard editor in linux. If you type vi <filename> it will open the file to be edited. Using vi is not extremely intuitive so you might want to check out a small tutorial on how to use it. Here is one I just googled:

 

[url=http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/alice-doc/mll-...i-ex/node2.html]http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/alice-doc/mll-...i-ex/node2.html

 

Good luck.