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Re: ktalkd doesn't show ktalkdlg



On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:25:13PM +0200, Vladimir Wiedermann wrote:
> 
> Propably since last update of kde (3.1.2) on debian sid, my ktalkd doesn't
> work anymore. After each talk I immediately get only message, that 
> user is not logged in.
> I also don't receive a mail, that somebody tried to talk me.

This is probably a result of changing it not to run as root anymore.
>From the sound of it needs to be redesigned to not require being run as
root. In the past it has had remote root exploits and in general it is
not good to run daemons as root.

Chris



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