"talk user" works fine for us, at least it has been working fine 10 minutes ago ;-) Make sure talk is configured correctly in /etc/inetd.conf
Marcel James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28 May 2001, at 15:38: > > > On Mon, 28 May 2001, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > 1. How can I talk to an user who is accessing my computer through > > putty from an windows machine? When I tried it would say that the > > user refused to talk. Should I type "talk user", or I have somehow > > to include info about the ip of the source machine? > > write user > > but it isn't very friendly :-) > > > 2. Is there any way of gaining access to an XFree (tty7, standard > > setting) terminal for a remote user? > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >