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In article <a11v0q$22dk$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr>
           mgkiourt@otenet.gr "mgkiourt" writes:

>  I connect to remote computer through Hypertermial or telnet.

OK so far: what operating system is that computer using?  Are you legally
authorized to log in to it (a VERY important consideration)?

>  I type the login without a problem but it doesn't type anything at the
>  password's place,
>  the dash stays motionless whatever characters I type.

That's the usual mechanism by which "terminal" connections to remote
computers react: the password is accepted with character echoing switched
off.  You've been using a pee-cee too much with the expectation of a
gooey interface echoing each character as an asterisk (or whatever).  The
behaviour you describe has been the norm with telnet sessions for over
twenty years.

So type in the complete password, follow it with a CR-LF (i.e. press Enter
on your "terminal") and hope to see the login process complete.

>  Any remedies?

Well, you could try posting to a newsgroup that cares.  (I hesitate to
give you the flaming you so richly deserve, because you've cross-posted
into <news:demon.ip.support.newuser> as well as dis.pc, and that group
has a tradition of not flaming.)

Your post did not concern IP connectivity issues with Demon Internet Ltd;
you appear to be in Greece (timestamp GMT+0200) using a Greek ISP and a
Greek news server.  So what has it to do with Demon?  Moreover, you're
using Microsoft Pukeout Excess, which suggests that you're also using
Windoze: the <news:demon.ip.support.pc> group is for those using pure
DOS, or DOS virtual machines under other operating systems, and certainly
not native Windoze applications.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs