Help configuring talk/talkd
Solution 1:
You understand that services offered by inetd are launched on-demand right? Nothing served by inetd will actually start until some client actually attempts to connect to that port.
I just installed on my Debian 5.0 testing box.
- I did a
apt-get install talk talkd - I restarted the inetd
/etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart - I allowed udp/517 and udp/518 with iptables
Then I was able to connect with talk username2@localhost. I saw the message as the other other test user and did a talk username1@localhost and the connection was established.