Hello guys,
I am troubleshoot/configure "talk"
http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_talk.htm
there is the talk client package and talkd daemon
they were previously installed
when i try talk
mir@myhost.com - get get the following :
[No connection yet]
───────[ Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused. Press any key... ]─────────────────────
Then
[Checking for invitation on caller's machine]
i try pgrep talk and pgrep talkd , it gives nothing
I try to start talkd using /usr/sbin/in.talkd
it gives me : must be run from inetd.
I vi /etc/inetd.conf - the 2 lines
#:BSD: Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols.
talk dgram udp wait nobody.tty /usr/sbin/in.talkd in.talkd
ntalk dgram udp wait nobody.tty /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd in.ntalkd
i change nobody.tty to root and udp to udp4 so it becomes
#:BSD: Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols.
talk dgram udp4 wait root /usr/sbin/in.talkd in.talkd
ntalk dgram udp4 wait root /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd in.ntalkd
i make sure /usr/sbin/in.talkd and /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd exist actually - i restart inetd - yet no sign of talkd on inetd
in my bug hunt , i reached this page :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netkit-ntalk/+bug/250971
Binary package hint: talkd
Two problems:
1. The talkd package puts its inetd info into /etc/inetd.conf instead of /etc/inetd.conf.d
2. The info itself is incorrectly formatted for the inetd that talkd depends on: talkd is using
a 'user.group' format and inet expects user only.
I also vaguely remember a permissions problem but I can't be sure of it.
i tried to vi to /etc/inetd.conf.d - it gives new file - aka nothing already exists, should i create new file ? what are the format ?
i already changed the nobody.tty group to root
the followups on the bug reports sound chinese to me - any idea what should be done ?
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