dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (01/27/89)
Maybe this is old news, but the binaries for talk and talkd that come with
the .8 release hang the system. I found some source destined for suns,
compiled it with only minor problems (including the fact that getlogin()
doesn't work on Terminal windows), and it works nicely. The virgin 4.3
sources hang the machine as well; maybe it's a byteorder problem, but
don't quote me.
The moral of the story is to remove /etc/talk and /etc/talkd RIGHT NOW
unless you want your machine to hang...
Steve
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
Internet: dorner@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner
IfUMust: (217) 244-1765tj@wb1.cs.cmu.edu (Cal Thixton) (06/01/89)
In article <9182@csli.Stanford.EDU> dmr@csli.stanford.edu (Daniel M. Rosenberg) writes: >I'd say, post that sucker -- >I think the level of interest would certainly merit it. Ok, I will. And now for a deal. I'll post two fixes for the price of one. Fix 1: 1a. Su to root. 1b. cp /usr/etc/talkd /usr/etc/ntalkd Fix 2: 2a. su to root 2b. Edit /private/etc/inetd.conf 2c. Change the following line from ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/ntalkd ntalkd to ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/talkd ntalkd Hope this helps. morris meyer (mmeyer@next.com) software engineer NeXT OS Group --
sstanfie@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (skot) (02/02/90)
Help! I need to get talk (talkd) running on the NeXTs. It comes up with a cute message: You don't exist. Go away. I remember someone awhile back posting on how to do this, but it seems that no one has ever gotten it to work. I want to use it to talk between NeXT's and to other systems on the same net. Thanks! -- <<< sstanfie@polyslo.calpoly.edu -/- NeXT Campus Consultant ~
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (02/02/90)
In article <25c8b46f.14b9@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> sstanfie@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (skot) writes: >I need to get talk (talkd) running on the NeXTs. It comes up with a cute >message: >You don't exist. Go away. Probably "your fault" -- it works fine here. Best guesses: 1) you tried running talk under script 2) some idiot removed Terminal's set-uid bit -=EPS=- -- Find a nearby mirror, see if you have a reflection. I won't discount the possibility that you actually don't exist, in which case this too is an illusion; I'm not really replying to you.
pemurray@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (02/05/90)
In article <25c8b46f.14b9@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, sstanfie@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (skot) writes: > Help! > > I need to get talk (talkd) running on the NeXTs. It comes up with a cute > message: > You don't exist. Go away. > > I remember someone awhile back posting on how to do this, but it seems > that no one has ever gotten it to work. I want to use it to > talk between NeXT's and to other systems on the same net. Just as a wild guess, it might have something to do with not finding your name in the /etc/passwd file (if your system is running netinfo). You might have to modify the code so that it does get information from netinfo. -- Peter Murray pm8moper@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu 205 Hepburn Hall pm8moper@miamiu.bitnet Miami University pemurray@miavx1.bitnet 513/529-4944 murrayp@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu
wsd@cs.brown.edu (Wm. Scott `Spot' Draves) (02/24/90)
In article <770.25cc8d2a@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> pemurray@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes: In article <25c8b46f.14b9@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, sstanfie@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (skot) writes: > Help! > > I need to get talk (talkd) running on the NeXTs. It comes up with a cute > message: > You don't exist. Go away. > > I remember someone awhile back posting on how to do this, but it seems > that no one has ever gotten it to work. I want to use it to > talk between NeXT's and to other systems on the same net. Just as a wild guess, it might have something to do with not finding your name in the /etc/passwd file (if your system is running netinfo). You might have to modify the code so that it does get information from netinfo. -- Peter Murray pm8moper@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu 205 Hepburn Hall pm8moper@miamiu.bitnet Miami University pemurray@miavx1.bitnet 513/529-4944 murrayp@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu Close. You (and your tty) are not in the /etc/utmp file. Scott Draves Space... The Final Frontier wsd@cs.brown.edu uunet!brunix!wsd Box 2555 Brown U Prov RI 02912