Re: ytalk...
Thanks for the response...
I checked the /etc/default/devpts and it has 620 as the mode and indeed
the guid is 5... So that is ok...
I don't know much about the contents of all the .bashrc and all those
files in users directories and /etc/default and /etc/skel/*, I couldn't
see anything that explicitly denyed messages, but all the users, including
me have the same files....
One thing I noticed is that from my username (the one that does receive
ytalk prompts) if i issue a write <otheruser> i get the <otheruser> has
messages disabled. And if if do a write <theuserthatworks> from
<otheruser> i get: you have write permissions turned off...
Now, that may be the problem... But how do I change it???
This is a debian system that I installed yesterday and it has not been
customized, so all the files have not changed from an original potato
instalation v2.2 r3...
Thank you in advance!
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> Ah, it sounds like they have restrictive terminal permissions. I think
> this is configured in /etc/default/devpts:
>
> # Set to 600 to have `mesg n' be the default
> TTYMODE=620
>
> Users can still set 'mesg y' or 'mesg n' as they choose. Sounds like you
> want 'mesg y' (620).
>
> You'll need to remount /dev/pts to have this take effect. To avoid
> having to reboot and other such evil, try something like 'mount -o
> remount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts -ogid=5,mode=620' (set the number
> after ogid to be whatever TTYGRP says in /etc/default/devpts, but it's
> probably 5). /etc/default/devpts will sort this out in future.
>
> If that doesn't work, then perhaps users' shell startup files are
> setting 'mesg n'. /etc/profile and /etc/skel/* would be good places to
> look for the culprit for default settings.
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
>
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