well, it's been a few years and as technology changes, so does the methods used to configure a system.
I still use the talk program on a regular basis. Here are the instructions for enabling it:
# yum install xinetd talk-server talk
# systemctl enable xinetd.service
# systemctl enable ntalk.service
At this poing, simply starting the xinetd and ntalk services does not seem to allow the talk program to function. At the moment, the only solution I had was to reboot the system. If someone has a better way, I would very much like to know.
# reboot
Talk should now work. However, there is a chance that SELinux will deny it. Check your logs:
# grep -i denied /var/log/audit/audit.log
If you do get a denial you will need to build a new policy. Make sure you have the following utility installed: checkpolicy
# yum install checkpolicy
# grep in.ntalkd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp
That's it.
I still use the talk program on a regular basis. Here are the instructions for enabling it:
# yum install xinetd talk-server talk
# systemctl enable xinetd.service
# systemctl enable ntalk.service
At this poing, simply starting the xinetd and ntalk services does not seem to allow the talk program to function. At the moment, the only solution I had was to reboot the system. If someone has a better way, I would very much like to know.
# reboot
Talk should now work. However, there is a chance that SELinux will deny it. Check your logs:
# grep -i denied /var/log/audit/audit.log
If you do get a denial you will need to build a new policy. Make sure you have the following utility installed: checkpolicy
# yum install checkpolicy
# grep in.ntalkd /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol
# semodule -i mypol.pp
That's it.
You don't need to reboot. Just start the services and the talk socket.
ReplyDeletesystemctl start xinetd.service
systemctl start ntalk.socket
systemctl start ntalk.service