If I'm not mistaken, you'll also need to set mesg to 'y' in order to allow it to converse. This is either global, or per user. Been like 10+ years since I've even touched this, wow...
--Dan On Apr 9, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Looks like JD found what you are looking for. It is not included in ubuntu > by default but you can install it via Synaptic (not via the Software Centre) > and you will need talkd also. > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:10 AM, JD Austin <j...@twingeckos.com> wrote: > It sounds a lot like 'talk' on linux ( and most unixes): > > TALK(1) BSD General Commands Manual TALK(1) > > NAME > talk — talk to another user > > SYNOPSIS > talk person [ttyname] > > DESCRIPTION > Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your ter‐ > minal to that of another user. > > Options available: > > person If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then person > is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user > on another host, then person is of the form ‘user@host’. > > ttyname If you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, > the ttyname argument may be used to indicate the appropriate > terminal name, where ttyname is of the form ‘ttyXX’ or ‘pts/X’. > > When first called, talk contacts the talk daemon on the other user's > machine, which sends the message > Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine... > talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine. > talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine > > to that user. At this point, he then replies by typing > > talk your_name@your_machine > > It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as long as > his login name is the same. Once communication is established, the two > parties may type simultaneously; their output will appear in separate > windows. Typing control-L (^L) will cause the screen to be reprinted. > The erase, kill line, and word erase characters (normally ^H, ^U, and ^W > respectively) will behave normally. To exit, just type the interrupt > character (normally ^C); talk then moves the cursor to the bottom of the > screen and restores the terminal to its previous state. > > As of netkit-ntalk 0.15 talk supports scrollback; use esc-p and esc-n to > scroll your window, and ctrl-p and ctrl-n to scroll the other window. > These keys are now opposite from the way they were in 0.16; while this > will probably be confusing at first, the rationale is that the key combi‐ > nations with escape are harder to type and should therefore be used to > scroll one's own screen, since one needs to do that much less often. > > If you do not want to receive talk requests, you may block them using the > mesg(1) command. By default, talk requests are normally not blocked. > Certain commands, in particular nroff(1), pine(1), and pr(1), may block > messages temporarily in order to prevent messy output. > > FILES > /etc/hosts to find the recipient's machine > /var/run/utmp to find the recipient's tty > > SEE ALSO > mail(1), mesg(1), who(1), write(1), talkd(8) > > BUGS > The protocol used to communicate with the talk daemon is braindead. > > Also, the version of talk(1) released with 4.2BSD uses a different and > even more braindead protocol that is completely incompatible. Some vendor > Unixes (particularly those from Sun) have been found to use this old pro‐ > tocol. > > Old versions of talk may have trouble running on machines with more than > one IP address, such as machines with dynamic SLIP or PPP connections. > This problem is fixed as of netkit-ntalk 0.11, but may affect people you > are trying to communicate with. > > HISTORY > The talk command appeared in 4.2BSD. > > Linux NetKit (0.17) November 24, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17) > > > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 08:45, <j...@actionline.com> wrote: > Also, somewhat related, there was an ability to 'echo' a short message > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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