On Friday 22 June 2001 01:33, you wrote: Yes I am using Xinetd and the top area is # commented out for disable talkd as is ntalkd. It attempts to make a connection and just stalls at "checking for invitation on callers machine" I trust these settings are correct? Someone told me xinetd may not be lettign the connection through... ===== sniplettes from /etc/xinetd.conf ===== # disabled = ntalk # disabled = talk service ntalk { socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.talkd } service talk { socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.talkd } ===== end of sniplettes ===== Has anyone else managed to get this going? Ambrosius
First thought: Is 'talkd' is enabled in inetd.conf ?
prasad
Ambrosius
cc: Subject: [SLE] Talk daemon? 22.06.01 08:08 Please respond to ambrosius I'm trying to get the talk daemon to work... Got a few users login from remote and I'd like to be able to communicate to the them when needed.
I get a "checking for invitation" message and it just stalls...
Any thoughts?
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