Bug 18251 – proposed xinetd entry for netkit-talkd

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) 2003-03-26 16:54:24 UTC]

Moving around in the forums I saw a lot of people who couldn't use 
netkit-talkd, the reason being: no xinetd config file provided, and a problem (bug?) 
arising with the option "only_from = localhost" in /etc/xinetd.conf. 
 
So I suggest to add to the ebuild a simple config file like this: 
 
----/etc/xinetd.d/talk---- 
# NOTE: If you enable this service, remember to edit your 
# /etc/xinetd.conf "only_from" option adding the list of 
# IP addresses allowed to connect to the talk daemon, 
# EVEN your local IP address, localhost will not suffice. 
# 
# EXAMPLE for /etc/xinetd.conf 
#       only_from = localhost 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 
 
service ntalk 
{ 
        disable         = yes 
        socket_type     = dgram 
        wait            = yes 
        user            = nobody 
        group           = tty 
        server          = /usr/sbin/in.talkd 
} 
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The explanation is what I had to do to make it work, and now I transmit it to you. 
 
Thx.

[Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-04-03 13:21:17 UTC]

added in cvs

thx

[Comment 2 Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) 2003-04-03 15:05:36 UTC]

Did you actually tested it with "talk" service (as in the r3 ebuild)? I could make it work just with 
the "ntalk" service. 
Thanks. 

[Comment 3 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-05-05 06:15:42 UTC]

sorry, my fault
will fix this asap

[Comment 4 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-05-05 11:30:12 UTC]

now really fixed