Bad Protocal

[Noble Sebastian]

Hi ,Friends
My Hp Ux servers insyslog the flowing message is comeing ..
ntalkd[14009]: Bad protocol version 214


What is this ...?
i didnt change any ip, Protocal ...
can tell me ...

[Steven Schweda]

I know nothing, but a Google search for:
ntalkd "Bad protocol version"
found:

http://tucupi.cptec.inpe.br/sx4/sx4man2/g1ah09e/appd.html

which says:

talkd[pid]: Bad protocol version number

Cause:
The protocol version differs from the version (number) of the client (talk).
Action:
None.

I assume that you have some users who are
running different/old versions of "talk".

It doesn't sound fatal.

[Noble Sebastian]

Thanks

this my sylog.log
this is showing more than 15 servers
my doubt any problem wtih n/w ..
out of server ..

Jun 4 00:08:19 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:08:49 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:09:19 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:09:49 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:10:19 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:14:49 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:15:01 mhrate above message repeats 9 times
Jun 4 00:15:19 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:15:49 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:16:19 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:19:49 mhrate ntalkd[7681]: Bad protocol version 214
Jun 4 00:20:01 mhrate above message repeats 7 times

[Steven Schweda · Accepted solution]

> my doubt any problem wtih n/w ..

As I said, the problem is probably one or
more users who are running old versions of a
"talk" program.

"grep talk /etc/services" should tell you
which port is being used by the "ntalk"
daemon (518, possibly 517?), and, if you try
it at the right time, "netstat -a" may show
you who is connected to that server.

The easy way to find the problem user might
be to disable the service (in /etc/inetd.conf)
and wait for someone to complain.

"man talkd".

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi Noble,
talkd is server for talk program.
It listens at the UDP port indicated in the `talk' service description;--> check /etc/services for this.

You are getting this error as some users are using different version..To resolve the problem..update the service ...


Thanks & Regards
Reshma