Hi!
On 11-Jul-97, Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> I've heard the problem has something to do with byte ordering (little vs.
> big endian) in Sun's implementation; their implementation of talk is
> buggy.
We tried a lot at our university, but the only solution was to install a
ntalk on the suns. Now it wor
> "JG" == John Garas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JG> I can talk or ytalk to debian machines but I can't talk to any sun
JG> machines. If a sun user tries to talk to me I don't even get a
JG> notification.
Sun uses an old protocol for talk. There is a talk-like program
somewhere in sunsite tha
Christopher Jason Morrone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I think that Sun and such are using the old talk port. (I have no idea if
: the protocols differ...) If you check your /etc/services file, you'll
: probably see:
:
: talk517/udp
: ntalk 518/udp
:
: And in the /etc/ine
I think that Sun and such are using the old talk port. (I have no idea if
the protocols differ...) If you check your /etc/services file, you'll
probably see:
talk517/udp
ntalk 518/udp
And in the /etc/inetd.conf:
talk dgram udp waitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd/usr
John Garas wrote:
> I can talk or ytalk to debian machines but I can't talk to any sun
> machines. If a sun user tries to talk to me I don't even get a
> notification.
>
> Does anybody knows a remedy for that.
You have to install ntalk & ntalkd on the Sun side. AFAIK, Sun's talk uses an
obsolete
I can talk or ytalk to debian machines but I can't talk to any sun
machines. If a sun user tries to talk to me I don't even get a
notification.
Does anybody knows a remedy for that.
Thanks,
John
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