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In article <893924131.200798@proteus.cantech.net.au>, Anthony J.
Breeds-Taurima <tony@poseidon.cantech.net.au> wrote:

>Scott (scooter2@geocities.com) wrote:

>: During a telnet session with a linux machine, can the software i run
>: of that machine, access the ports of that machine, or does the
>: software access the ports on the machine i am using??? eg.control
>: devices on the remote paralell port etc..

>If you are in a stituation similar to:
>
>+-----+       +-----+
>|Win95|       |Linux+--+===+
>+--+--+       +--+--+  Modem
>   |             |
>   +-------------+ Ethernet etc etc
>
>and you from you win95 machine to the linux machine you will be able
>to acces the modem as if you were on the console of the linux box
>itself, permissions permitting of course.  BUT you will have to do
>something special if you want to run X (Gui) apps :)

Right, but I'm not sure that's Scott's question.  Scott's question
seems to be 'what hardware do the programs I run on the remote machine
access, to which the answer is 'the remote machine's.' A telnet session
is exactly like running a console session on the machine you have right
in front of you, except when telnetting the display you have in front
of you is actually displaying a session on a remote machine up to
several thousand kilometers away.

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