Re: talk facility

[Daniel Omondi Otieno <omondi at arcc.or.ke>]

Longwe,
 
> It looks like originally, inetd wasn't forkig a talk daemon, now that ti
> is you ca refer back to the previous emails and try the suggestions that
> have already bee made. I think that the 'mesg y' might do the trick.
> 
What exactly do you think is the problem and how could you have sorted it out???
Coz if I'm not wrong it seems your out of direction here can you read closely the quiz BTC!


Dan

> On Mon, 28 May 101, Daniel Omondi Otieno wrote:
> 
> >  
> >  > When i try to talk the user on the same host first i get no connection
> >  > then immediately target machine does not recognize us.
> >  
> >  have you checked that talk is allowed to the host, i.e. inetd.conf has the
> >  daemon uncommented, there is no ipfw or other filter, etc?
> >  
> > > randy
> > 
> >  After reconfiguring inetd.conf and restarting:
> > When I try talking it gives me :
> > Checking for an invitation on caller's machine
> > Checking for an invitation on caller's machine
> > 
> > this continues on and on and .........
> > what could be the problem now.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
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