program talk doesn't work on fc1-> Error on read from talk daemon

[Didier Casse]

Hi all,
       I just realized that my "talk"  program doesn't work on FC1,. When
I try to talk to a user, i.e

talk someuser

it gives me back 

"Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused... press any key"

then a

"Checking for invitation on caller's machine."

An rpm -qa|grep talk, gives:

talk-server-0.17-21
talk-0.17-21
ytalk-3.1.1-14

meaning I've the server and client installed.

My /etc/xinetd.d/talk reads;

----------------------------------------------------------------------
default: on
# description: The talk server accepts talk requests for chatting with
users \
#       on other systems.
service talk
{
        disable = no
        flags                   = IPv4
        socket_type             = dgram
        wait                    = yes
        user                    = nobody
        group                   = tty
        server                  = /usr/sbin/in.talkd

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the archives there's some guy who had the same problem but never could
found the solution. Any help is appreciated! :-)



With kind regards,

Didier.

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