It's pretty easy to install ejabberd and configure a few accounts,
apt-get install ejabberd and http to the right port for it for config.
With pidgin you can simply point a jabber account to the server and off
you go.
Bit more complexity with some dns work gets you confederation ability
(i.e. talk to gmail.com - need service record, not hard if you have dns
hosting on a domain or run in internally). Clients will work without a
server then too.
-mb
On 02/13/2012 09:42 AM, Sam Kreimeyer wrote:
You could create an ad-hoc solution with netcat
http://techie-buzz.com/foss/create-chat-server-netcat.html
Might not be as streamlined as what you have in mind, but definitely old
school.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Sorry ... investigating a little further, I see that I posted a similar
question previously and received several replies. But I was never
able to
get anything to work. So, I'll re-read the previous responses to try to
find a solution.
Joe
> How can one set up a simple 'chat' with Linux?
>
> Many years ago, on my original unix system, I had a very simple
command
> line chat utility that worked very well - very simple and very
efficient.
> I could just establish a simple modem connection with another
user and at
> the command line type: chat michael <E> and my friend michael and
I could
> begin typing back and forth on the command line. Everything that
both of
> us typed was then saved (or appended as an option) to a
designated file.
>
> Is there any similar utility or capability available with Linux
today?
>
> Or, alternatively, what is the best/simplest/easiest way to achieve a
> similar result?
>
> I searched and found /usr/sbin/chat on my system, but I cannot
find a man
> page for it and I cannot tell that it does anything.
>
> We see a variety of "chat" utilities on various commercial
websites (none
> as simple and efficient as the old unix 'chat' that I used in the
past,
> but what options are available now?
>
>
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