Usage of Talk Command

[Arun Jain]

Hello Everybody,
I am new to HPUX... If anyone knows how to use talk command to chat in HPUX platform.... Is there any service that is to be enabled or not...

kindly tell me

Thanks
Arun Jain

[Richard Hepworth]

Hi,

Check that ntalk is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf and make sure the user you are trying to talk to has allowed incoming messages. You can check this by using the mesg command. If this returns n then messaging is not allowed. Type mesg y to allow this.

regards,

Richard

[Arun Jain]

thanks richard for ur response...

but in that file it is showing "wait" status in front of it....how to change that and also it is using "udp" protocol but in other commands it is showing "tcp".... and what does its daemon "ntalkd" do....what should I do and how..... kindly reply me again

thanks and regards

[Richard Hepworth]

Hi,

Just make sure you have the following entry in /etc/inetd.conf:

ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/ntalkd ntalkd

ntalkd is the daemon that notifies a user that another user wants to start a conversation.

regards,

Richard

[Arun Jain]

hi again,

it is the same entry you gave but it is showing a blank screen only after entering talk command (talk user@server)and no user can do anything on it...

what to do