On Aug 8, Frank Barknecht wrote > Mike Schmitz hat gesagt: // Mike Schmitz wrote: > > > Rewrite your hosts file from /etc/ppp/ip-up, keeping the same name as > > is set in hostname. Here is an example: > > > I have tried this now, but used an example from > the Dynamic-IP-Hacks-mini-HOWTO like another user > here suggested. Basically it is the same script as > your example. To test this setup I rlogged in to > a SUN in my university and tried to "talk" me. But > again I only could see the message in my xconsole: > > in.talkd[1583]: connect from sun.foo.bar.de > > without getting a talk request in xterm. And yes: mesg is y. In my > /etc/hosts now is the official ip-address and an offical DNS-name. > The SUN in my university is permanently connected to the internet. > SUN and I even share the same domain name now. Still I cannot talk > to me!? >
>From a previous answer to the same question by Igor Grobman: ----- Snip ----- Both of them do understand ntalk protocol. However, suns have their ntalk/talk ports switched as opposed to linux. Your /etc/services file should containt th e following lines: talk 517/udp ntalk 518/udp On suns, talk would be port 518 and ntalk is 517. The solution is to fix this problem on one of the ends. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Snip ----- HTH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bend-or.com/~mschmitz Don't blame me - I voted libertarian! http://www.lp.org/ Use Debian Linux - the free Gnu/Linux http://www.debian.org/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
