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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!bionet!parc!mdixon
  2. From: mdixon@parc.xerox.com (Mike Dixon)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Dammit, I'm dumb. Why doesn't talk work?
  5. Message-ID: <mdixon.716603381@thelonius>
  6. Date: 16 Sep 92 00:29:41 GMT
  7. References: <lb9s1hINNfm4@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> <1992Sep15.184414.108626@zeus.calpoly.edu> <25082@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
  8. Sender: news@parc.xerox.com
  9. Organization: Xerox PARC
  10. Lines: 12
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  12. c'mon guys...  RTFM.  the (very readable) Stuart documentation clearly
  13. explains how to install Stuart properly so that programs like talk can
  14. work.  as Curt suspects, the issue is having root access to update the
  15. /etc/utmp file, and Scott has very carefully separated this function
  16. into a separate program (with source provided) to ensure that this
  17. doesn't compromise security.
  18.  
  19.                                              .mike.
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  22.  
  23.                                              .mike.
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