[TriLUG] talk problem

[Tanner Lovelace]

Jon Carnes said the following on 8/26/04 10:39 PM:

>>service talk
>>{
>>    flags            = IPv4
>>    disable            = no
>>    socket_type        = dgram
>>    protocol            = udp
>>    wait            = yes
>>    user            = nobody
>>    group            = tty
>>    server            = /usr/sbin/in.talkd
>>    server_args             = -d
>>
>>}

> 
> 
> Shouldn't this be "talkd" instead of "talk"?
> 
> - Jon

No.  Talk in this context refers to the service
name in /etc/services.  The daemon in question is
specified in the server line (/usr/sbin/in.talkd).

To the original poster:  have you checked to make
sure you don't have iptables filtering out that
port?

Cheers,
Tanner