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Telnet is not available on High Sierra. I don't have the option to copy the telnet source folder from another mac and I'm wondering where/how I can get a legitimate copy of telnet.

Edit I'm looking for a copy from a source outside of homebrew or macports

Jolley71717
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  • Why not homebrew/macports - this reason might limit other solutions especially as you can't copy the source folder – mmmmmm Nov 16 '17 at 13:45
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    I have had trouble with homebrew/macports in the past. Somehow the install becomes corrupt and I have to reinstall all my previous packages. I don't like how the permissions are managed also. – Jolley71717 Nov 16 '17 at 18:06
  • Check this guide out: https://medium.com/ayuth/bring-telnet-back-on-macos-high-sierra-11de98de1544 – Elad Nava Jan 26 '19 at 22:59

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I searched through Apple support forums and found an answer that I believe will help others reinstall ftp and telnet on Mac High Sierra.

Navigate to www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/ Click on the HTTP download link for "Inetutils" Download "inetutils-1.9.4.tar.gz" tar zxvf inetutils-1.9.4.tar.gz

Direct ftp site -> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/

cd inetutils-1.9.4
./configure
make
sudo make install

telnet x.x.x.x port

I found the answer at this forum https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/79056

Jolley71717
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  • @BradParks The solution required that homebrew and/or macports not be used – Jolley71717 Apr 03 '18 at 17:48
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    You can install telnet through brew as well. https://brewInstall.org is a webapp to search for a mac app and get the steps to install the app. To install telnet run the following command. But make sure you have homebrew installed. brew install telnet – Ajeet Khan Dec 06 '19 at 18:58