On 2003-01-15 08:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P. U. Kruppa) wrote: > I try to conect two users via talk. Both typed > # mesg y > But when user_1 types > # talk user_2 > the talk screen appears and continues saying > > [No connection yet] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > [Checking for invitation on caller's machine] > ... > > Strange is > # write user_2 > or > # write user_1 > works in both directions. > > So what can be done?
You need to enable the `ntalk' service in inetd.conf if it isn't already. Quoting from /etc/inetd.conf: # ntalk is required for the 'talk' utility to work correctly #ntalk dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message