Re: Trouble getting ntalkd going
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Chris Zakelj wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Stefan Sieg wrote: > >> On 2012-03-27 17:00, Chris Zakelj wrote: >> >>> Overview... because something between my laptop and home has a nasty >>> habit >>> of eating IM messages, I'm trying to get talkd(8) running so I can use >>> SSH >>> to talk with family while away. However, something's not right. Base >>> info: >>> >>> $ uname -a >>> OpenBSD .dyndns.org 4.4 GENERIC#1021 i386 >>> (yes, I know it's old... I just haven't seen any errata that affect what >>> I'm doing) >>> >>> $ cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep ntalk >>> ntalk dgram udp waitroot/usr/libexec/ntalkd >>> ntalkd >>> >>> $ netstat -a | grep talk >>> udp0 0 *.ntalk*.* >>> >>> $ who >>> czakelj ttyp0Mar 27 10:11 (w.x.y.z) >>> testuserttyp1Mar 27 10:13 (w.x.y.z) >>> >>> $ talk testuser >>> . >>> . >>> --- >>> . >>> . >>> talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address >>> $ >>> >>> So near as I can tell, ntalk(8) is being started at boot, it is running, >>> but something won't let it connect with itself. pf(4) is NOT running on >>> this box (the firewall is upstream). Suggestions? >>> >> >> >> do you have a proper entry in /etc/hosts ? >> >> > $ cat /etc/hosts > # $OpenBSD: hosts,v 1.11 2002/09/26 23:35:51 krw Exp $ > # > # Host Database > # > # RFC 1918 specifies that these networks are "internal". > # 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255 > # 172.16.0.0172.31.255.255 > # 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 > # > ::1 localhost.my.domain localhost > 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost > ::1 anubis.my.domain anubis > 127.0.0.1 anubis.my.domain anubis > > Attempting all variations of "talk user@anubis", and "talk user@localhost" > also results in the "Couldn't bind" error. > > Wanted to put my resolution in here since Stephan's hosts note got me looking at other names, and it'll (hopefully) help list searches... in a former life, this was my public facing webserver. $ cat /etc/myname oldname.dyndns.org appended "127.0.0.1 oldname.dyndns.org oldname" to /etc/hosts, and now it's working perfectly.
Re: Trouble getting ntalkd going
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Stefan Sieg wrote: > On 2012-03-27 17:00, Chris Zakelj wrote: > >> Overview... because something between my laptop and home has a nasty habit >> of eating IM messages, I'm trying to get talkd(8) running so I can use SSH >> to talk with family while away. However, something's not right. Base >> info: >> >> $ uname -a >> OpenBSD .dyndns.org 4.4 GENERIC#1021 i386 >> (yes, I know it's old... I just haven't seen any errata that affect what >> I'm doing) >> >> $ cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep ntalk >> ntalk dgram udp waitroot/usr/libexec/ntalkd >> ntalkd >> >> $ netstat -a | grep talk >> udp0 0 *.ntalk*.* >> >> $ who >> czakelj ttyp0Mar 27 10:11 (w.x.y.z) >> testuserttyp1Mar 27 10:13 (w.x.y.z) >> >> $ talk testuser >> . >> . >> --- >> . >> . >> talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address >> $ >> >> So near as I can tell, ntalk(8) is being started at boot, it is running, >> but something won't let it connect with itself. pf(4) is NOT running on >> this box (the firewall is upstream). Suggestions? >> > > > do you have a proper entry in /etc/hosts ? > > $ cat /etc/hosts # $OpenBSD: hosts,v 1.11 2002/09/26 23:35:51 krw Exp $ # # Host Database # # RFC 1918 specifies that these networks are "internal". # 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255 # 172.16.0.0172.31.255.255 # 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 # ::1 localhost.my.domain localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.my.domain localhost ::1 anubis.my.domain anubis 127.0.0.1 anubis.my.domain anubis Attempting all variations of "talk user@anubis", and "talk user@localhost" also results in the "Couldn't bind" error.
Re: Trouble getting ntalkd going
On 2012-03-27 17:00, Chris Zakelj wrote: Overview... because something between my laptop and home has a nasty habit of eating IM messages, I'm trying to get talkd(8) running so I can use SSH to talk with family while away. However, something's not right. Base info: $ uname -a OpenBSD .dyndns.org 4.4 GENERIC#1021 i386 (yes, I know it's old... I just haven't seen any errata that affect what I'm doing) $ cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep ntalk ntalk dgram udp waitroot/usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd $ netstat -a | grep talk udp0 0 *.ntalk*.* $ who czakelj ttyp0Mar 27 10:11 (w.x.y.z) testuserttyp1Mar 27 10:13 (w.x.y.z) $ talk testuser . . --- . . talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address $ So near as I can tell, ntalk(8) is being started at boot, it is running, but something won't let it connect with itself. pf(4) is NOT running on this box (the firewall is upstream). Suggestions? do you have a proper entry in /etc/hosts ?
Trouble getting ntalkd going
Overview... because something between my laptop and home has a nasty habit of eating IM messages, I'm trying to get talkd(8) running so I can use SSH to talk with family while away. However, something's not right. Base info: $ uname -a OpenBSD .dyndns.org 4.4 GENERIC#1021 i386 (yes, I know it's old... I just haven't seen any errata that affect what I'm doing) $ cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep ntalk ntalk dgram udp waitroot/usr/libexec/ntalkd ntalkd $ netstat -a | grep talk udp0 0 *.ntalk*.* $ who czakelj ttyp0Mar 27 10:11 (w.x.y.z) testuserttyp1Mar 27 10:13 (w.x.y.z) $ talk testuser . . --- . . talk: Couldn't bind to control socket: Can't assign requested address $ So near as I can tell, ntalk(8) is being started at boot, it is running, but something won't let it connect with itself. pf(4) is NOT running on this box (the firewall is upstream). Suggestions?
