On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Stephen R . Gore wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 11:52:10PM +0200, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > > > > Since i use Debian i can't use talk command > > i've always this message : > > > > [Your party is refusing messages] > > > ---end quoted text--- > > Debian's default config is "mesg n". To enable talk, the user must > enter "mesg y" at the command line or in .bash_profile (or whatever > shell they happen to prefer). Another possibility is that you are trying to talk from a Debian machine to a non-Debian machine... keep in mind that there *are* different talk protocols out there; if the other machine isn't using the same protocol, it won't work. T