[ppmax]

hi--(posted this in support as well)

anyone know why talk doesnt work in the terminal?

1. create a new user
2. open up 2 new terminal windows and su to the new user in one window
3. in both windows type mesg y--this turns on the ability to receive messages in the terminal
4. in your home user window type talk <new user name>
5. watch what happens...you can not connect to the other user

does anyone know why this doesnt work? checked the man pages, etc...

thx
ppmax

[lindberg]

You have to enable the ntalkd daemon in /etc/inetd.conf . I don't think there's a GUI way to do that, so you'll need to edit the file directly (as root).

[ppmax]

many thanks--i will try this tonight. incidentally, i was assuming that write and talk used the same daemon, and write does work...

ppmax

[parallax]

This sounds more like a support issue.

I'm moving this to OS X - Support.