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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:47:29 +0100
From:      Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
To:        monchis <monchis@sbcglobal.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: talk command help
Message-ID:  <20050217144729.GA53145@ei.bzerk.org>
In-Reply-To: <000601c514b7$038166f0$9359fea9@yourd137mzmhow>
References:  <000601c514b7$038166f0$9359fea9@yourd137mzmhow>

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On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:07:43PM -0800, monchis typed:
> I Am new to unix so I am learning how to use it, but i want to know how to talk to someone. I already used the man pages but i just don't get it. can you show me an example of how to talk to someone hat is logged in. thanks

You'll have to enable the talk daemon in /etc/inetd.conf like so:

$ grep ntalk /etc/inetd.conf
# ntalk is required for the 'talk' utility to work correctly
ntalk dgram udp wait tty:tty /usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd
$

Ruben



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