[techtalk] Re: talk on RedHat 6.2

[Bek Oberin]

m20bi wrote:
> Removed –d from inetd.conf file. Restarted inet daemon with kill –SIGHUP
> <inetd process id>. Logged on as guest on tty2 and tty3. Issued 'talk guest
> tty2' from tty3.  Talk stalled with 'checking for invitation on caller's
> machine.' Got out of talk with Ctrl-C and then tried 'talk guest tty3' from
> tty2. Same error. Nothing shows up in the /var/log/messages file.
> Decided to shutdown and start from scratch. Same results.

You're right, that -should- work.

> Any suggestions?

I have vague memories of having a LOT of trouble with talk if the
hostname doesn't backwards-resolve properly.  Or something weird
like that.  It was to do with hostnames.  Haven't used talk for
ages and my memory deceives me.  Sorry.

Try 'talk guest at localhost' or somesuch?


bekj
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