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remote mlnet access

i am often not in the same place where my server is located, but i would like to check the activity also at distance.

mlnet can be controlled through a telnet interface which usually is invoked with the command telnet localhost 4000. as default setting, only the localhost has admin access to the machine.

given you have an account at dyndns.org , you can reach your server with the command telnet myserver.dyndns.org 4000 after executing the following commands:
  1. telnet localhost 4000
  2. add_user admin mypassword
  3. set allowed_ips 255.255.255.255

this will cause any ip to have access to your mlnet telnet interface
but they will not have rights to view or modify any settings of your mlnet
unless they login with
auth mypassword

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