can't run deamon

[juno2]

When I run the command talk user , then it pop up the error " Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused" , I sure the talk is install on the system , please suggest how to solve it? thx

[Claudio Cilloni · Accepted solution]

the talk service runs through xinetd. the file
/etc/xinetd.d/talk
contains the configuration
for this service, and
usually it is disabled by the line 'disabled = yes'.
You can edit this line in '= no' and restart the xinetd deamon ($ service xinetd restart). I'm speaking about RedHat 7.3.

But I don't know if this is enough to get talk working properly.

Ciao,

Claudio

[Jerome Henry]

Further on what Claudio said :
"Connection refused" seems to indicate either that the remote end isn`t running
talkd, or that it`s running it via tcpd and hosts.allow isn`t
configured to permit you to access it.

Ensure that the lines:

talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd
ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.talkd

are enabled in /etc/xinetd.conf, that as said xinetd/talk file is on 'no' for disable line, and that /etc/hosts.allow contains

in.talkd: ALL

(or your hostname or IP address in place of `ALL`).

[juno2]

thx all's reply ,

I can't find the file "/etc/xinetd.d/talk" , if i make it, what is the content ?

[Jerome Henry]

How strange ! What distro do you run ? Do you have /etc/xinetd.d directory ?
Here's the content of my talk file in it.

[juno3]

Thx , I use RH8.

[Steven E. Protter]

Okay, based on the evidence, you fitdy install the talk software on your system.

Look on the original distribution cd, probably cd one.

When you find it rpm -i

At that point you can follow the instructions above and set this guy up.

Those are good instructions btw, exactly what I would post. if helpful please throw the other guys some points.


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