On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 10:47 -0400, Shawn K. O'Shea wrote:
talkd isn't likely installed by default.
Do a: yum install talk-server chkconfig talk on
and that should get it going. I used to use talk a lot "back in the day"
-Shawn
Since we aren't sure of his environment or anything, we should also mention that after install in a normal GUI desktop, he can enter "Service Configuration" and activate it there.
Also, as delivered, there is no "talkd", but the xinet versions, in.*. If not low-volume, he may want to convert back to a standard daemon (presumes normal security precautions elsewhere).
# rpm -q talk-server --filesbypkg talk-server /etc/xinetd.d/ntalk talk-server /etc/xinetd.d/talk talk-server /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd talk-server /usr/sbin/in.talkd talk-server /usr/share/man/man8/in.ntalkd.8.gz talk-server /usr/share/man/man8/in.talkd.8.gz talk-server /usr/share/man/man8/ntalkd.8.gz talk-server /usr/share/man/man8/talkd.8.gz
And apparently from kde and other stuff install:
# locate talkd /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/file_contexts/program/ktalkd.fc /usr/include/protocols/talkd.h /usr/bin/ktalkdlg /usr/bin/ktalkd /usr/sbin/in.ntalkd /usr/sbin/in.talkd
They don't want to make it easy for us old-timey CLI folks, eh?
If we don't quit, there'll be nothing left to be discovered.
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