On 19/02/04, at 23:33 +0800, Didier Casse <didierbeATspsdotnusdotedudotsg> wrote: > On 19/02/04, at 16:42 +0200, Rotariu Bogdan <bogdan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > you need to chkconfig talk on and chkconfig ntalk on > > service xinetd restart > > that should do it > > and check if there are no rules that block ports 517-518 UDP > > > > That is precisely what I thought of doing a > > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 talk on > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 ntalk on > > /sbin/service xinetd restart > > and still the same old error message from talk: > > i.e > > "Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused... press any key" > > Oh yeah an nmap -sU myhost reveals: (The 1470 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 68/udp open dhcpclient 111/udp open rpcbind 123/udp open ntp 137/udp open netbios-ns 138/udp open netbios-dgm 518/udp open ntalk 784/udp open unknown 32768/udp open omad Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.897 seconds As suspected nothing blocks port 518/udp :-/ Any other idea of how to get that %@^&^ talk program to run properly? :-) With kind regards, Didier. --- PhD student. Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: slsbdfc at nus dot edu dot sg / didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg
