netbsd-help: Re: can't talk to other users

Subject: Re: can't talk to other users
To: Reinoud Koornstra <Reinoud.Koornstra@ibbnet.org>
From: Audun Arnesen Nordal <audun@stud.cs.uit.no>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/02/2000 13:26:38

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Reinoud Koornstra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to talk to other users, but it seems impossible.
> When i try to talk as root, it just waits for a connection.
> When i try to talk as user to another user i see this:
> 
> talk: ntalk/udp: service is not registered.
> 
> However, man talk or man ntalk dont help in this and man ntalk doesnt
> exist. Do i have to start a daemon first or what should i do?
I suppose you have to add or uncomment a line like 
ntalk dgram udp wait nobody.tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd
in your /etc/inetd.conf, and send inetd a SIGHUP to reread the file. 
Regards
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 Audun Nordal