Vince Barwinski wrote:
> Hi there..
>
> 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... ]
>
> which appears for about 5 seconds, then the following message appears:
>
> [Checking for invitation on caller's machine]
>
> I never had any problems with Red Hat in this regard. I can telnet into
> my
> friend's machine which has Red Hat 6.2, and start a "talk" session no
> problems.
>
> If anyone can help, it would be appreciated
>
> Cheers
I've run into the same problem before, and found that
talk user@localhost fixed the invitation problem..
I can't comment on the read error from the talk daemon
however. Hope this helps.
Ralph
