bruce
2006-Aug-06 17:21 UTC
[CentOS] talking to users on on other boxes within my network...
hi... is there a way to talk to users on other machines within my network? the 'talk' function apparently only works with users on the same box.. -bruce
William L. Maltby
2006-Aug-06 19:05 UTC
[CentOS] talking to users on on other boxes within my network...
On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 10:21 -0700, bruce wrote:> hi... > > is there a way to talk to users on other machines within my network? > > the 'talk' function apparently only works with users on the same box..I don't think that is correct. Two reasons: man page shows synopsis and text that tends to indicate it will talk across machines; second I got a nice connection refused message when I tried it here. I expected that message. Do you have more details about your (apparent?) failure to succeed? Commands tried, config files altered, etc.?> > -bruce > <snip sig stuff>-- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060806/d757186e/attachment-0002.sig>
bruce
2006-Aug-06 19:24 UTC
[CentOS] talking to users on on other boxes within my network...
hi william... it might be an issue with talk... when i do a 'talk test' from one of my term windows when i'm logged in as 'root' a get a connection err msg.. -bruce -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]On Behalf Of William L. Maltby Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:05 PM To: CentOS General List Subject: Re: [CentOS] talking to users on on other boxes within my network... On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 10:21 -0700, bruce wrote:> hi... > > is there a way to talk to users on other machines within my network? > > the 'talk' function apparently only works with users on the same box..I don't think that is correct. Two reasons: man page shows synopsis and text that tends to indicate it will talk across machines; second I got a nice connection refused message when I tried it here. I expected that message. Do you have more details about your (apparent?) failure to succeed? Commands tried, config files altered, etc.?> > -bruce > <snip sig stuff>-- Bill