> I have just changed from Red Hat to Mandrake 7.1 after using Red Hat for
>
> six months or so.
>
> When I installed Mandrake I chose "medium" security.
>
> My problem is that when a remote user telnets into my machine, I cannot
> communicate with him by using the "talk" program, I have to use the more
>
> cumbersome "write program".
>
> I make sure that "mesg = y", and then use the "who" command to see who
> is logged in.
> When I execute the "talk" program I get the following error message:
>
> [ Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused. Press any key... ]
Have you installed talkd? Mandrake doesn't install it by default - you have
to add it yourself.
=)
-Stephen-
