Re: 'talk' does not work
Eugene Sevinian wrote:
>
> As I know in order to allow some service to work I should
> put corresponding string in /etc/hosts.allow and now it looks like :
> in.ftpd: ALL
> in.telnetd: ALL
> in.rlogind: ALL
> in.talkd: ALL
> in.fingerd: ALL
>
> However everything is working but 'talk'. It hangs with:
> [Checking for invitation on caller's machine].
>
> What did I do wrong? Thank you in advance,
>
You're almost there. Add another line to /etc/hosts.allow:
in.ntalkd: ALL
8) debian talk uses the "new" talk protocol, not the old.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
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