Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:41:32 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: talk Message-ID: <19981118124132.A4241@ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981118013246.1161A-100000@abc.xyz.net>; from Steve Howe on Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 01:35:02AM -0900 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981118013246.1161A-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 01:35:02AM -0900, Steve Howe wrote: > > i don't know if the talk program is wrong, > or the talk manpage, or me. > > according to the manpage, i should be able to say > > $ talk username > > to talk to anyone one the same machine. > but in practice, this doesn't work for me, > i have to say > > $ talk username@localhost > > for things to work. who's right, and who's wrong? > > 2.2.7 ... Both talk and its manpage are right, and you are wrong ;-) What does `talk username' tell you? What is your hostname (according to /bin/hostname)? Best regards, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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