To quote Brian Frederick Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Is "#<off>#" in front of the ntalk line? The wrapping of the text # makes this difficult to parse. IIRC you need ntalk enabled. You can # always run tcpdump on the interface being used to see what port the # talk program is trying to connect to (that's how I found I needed ntalk # also). # # As someone else said, make sure "msg n" hasn't been run by any of the # users you're trying to talk with.
You can use the 'update-inetd' Debian utility to turn inetd services on/off. That's where the #<off># came from. David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)