From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Sat, 1 Feb 1997 04:47:03 -0500 (EST)
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To:	Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
cc:	OPENDOS-DEVELOPER AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: [opendos-developer] Testing testing 1 2 3.
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Roger Ivie wrote:

> > So far looks like development is non-existant out here!  I guess it
> > would help if we had the *SOURCE_CODE* <hint hint> :o)
> 
> Or at least the programming documentation promised by the download page
> (as if Gene weren't busy enough already...).

Note the smiley I used. :o)  Would be nice though...

> > Question: How do you get talkd to work under Linux with a dynamic IP address?
> 
> Redefine 'work'?

work == I connect to my ISP via dial-up PPP, get my dynamic IP
address, then type "talk root AT 206 DOT 134 DOT 123 DOT 34" or
"talk joeblow AT somewhere DOT com", and then it says "Waiting for your party
to respond...".

Instead I get:
[Couldn't bind to control socket : Cannot assign requested address (99)]

My inetd.conf contains the lines...

talk    dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.talkd
ntalk   dgram   udp     wait    root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.talkd
 
Any idea why talk doesn't work?  I know that it is *capable* because I
can hack it into working by typing:

hostname `cat /tmp/ip-addr`

Which changes my hostname to my dynamic-ip address.  Messes up other
stuff though.  I'd like talk to just *WORK* like all of the other
programs I have - finger, ping, dnsquery, nslookup, telnet, ftp,
ncftp, ntpdate, netscape, realaudio, gopher, archie, etc....

talk is the only program that I have that exhibits this behavior in
Linux.  I've yet to find ANYONE who doesn't get the same result.
Also, when I use my above _hack_ method, my local network is screwed
up.

Can you help me out?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.




Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has changed.
My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
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