Try
talk username ttyp0
or
talk username pts/0
Substitute the pseudo terminal number that the user is logged on to. Use
the command "who" to see who is on what (pseudo) terminal.
Regards,
Thomas Cameron, CNE, MCP, MCT
Three-Sixteen Technical Services
Linux Training in Austin, Texas - http://training.three-sixteen.com
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 4:23 PM
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> Subject: talk-ing to virtual terminals
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>
> anybody know how to initiate talk with another users virtual terminal,
> ie an aterm window? i read the man page for talk but i cant figure out
> the syntax for naming the virtual terminal . . . any help, especially
> w/an example or two, would be greatly appreciated!
>
> tia
> jacob
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