[2269] in RedHat Linux List
Re: talk problems in Colgate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (B. Shilliday)
Fri Nov 1 19:16:39 1996
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 20:48:06 +0000
From: "B. Shilliday" <redhat@nibelung.demon.co.uk>
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William E. Roadcap wrote:
>
> I'm still having problems with talk under Colgate. Are others still
> having this problem.
>
> I can talk within my host, but am unable to initiate or respond to a talk
> session with other hosts. I'm getting
>
> [Checking for invitation on caller's machine]
Do you have /etc/hosts setup properly? Ie you should NOT have your
hostname as an alias to localhost. If 'hostname -f' fails, talk won't
work.
--
Barry Shilliday
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