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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!utcsri!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca!system
  3. From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
  4. Subject: talk/talkd (actually ntalk/ntalkd)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.151039.22213@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
  6. Sender: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
  7. Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
  8. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:10:39 GMT
  9. Lines: 29
  10.  
  11.  
  12. I have compiled the 'ntalk' package from the InterWorks library,
  13. and it basically doesn't work (we are running 8.07 with ANSI C
  14. as the default).
  15.  
  16. 1) it leaves behind a 'ntalkd' for each attempted talk sessions
  17.    that is stuck in "kernel" code according to xbd. These processes
  18.    must be killed manually.
  19.  
  20. 2) it doesn't work for local connections from one HP user to another.
  21.  
  22. 3) it won't accept talk requests to/from our Domain systems.
  23.  
  24. The weird thing about this is that it did work when I first installed
  25. and tested it!
  26.  
  27. /etc/services has the following:
  28.  
  29. talk         517/udp                 # conversation
  30. ntalk        518/udp                 # new talk, conversation
  31.  
  32. and /etc/inetd.conf has
  33.  
  34. ntalk   dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/local/etc/ntalkd   ntalkd
  35.  
  36. Any clues?
  37. -- 
  38. What are the chances that any computer system will ever "work" properly?
  39. ... and Slim just left town. -*- Mike Peterson, SysAdmin, U/Toronto Chemistry
  40.