Isn't talk broken at the moment (talk-server-0.16-1mdk.i586.rpm)?
# cat /etc/xinetd.d/talk
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cat /etc/xinetd.d/ntalk gives the same sort of garbage.
"David M. Kufta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ** Reply to message from "Andrew G. Madrigallos"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:21:46 +0800 (PHT)
>
> Andrew if your are using bash for your shell you will need the command
> mesg y to allow a user to recieve and reply to a talk request, provided
> talk is being started in the inetd.conf file in your /etc directory
>
> David M. Kufta
> Konsult Ltd.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Mandrake Linux 7.1 (2.2.17) / Polarbar Mailer 1.16c
> JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000325 (JIT enabled: jitc)
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