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Article #15577Re: UW talk problem
From: schwartz
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1987 22:23
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1987 22:23
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In article <213@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU>, pswisnov@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU (Peter S. Wisnovsky) writes:
> For people using uw and who are having problems using talk and write,
> try rlogin'ing onto your machine again in another window: you should
> be able to use talk and write from that one.
This certainly ought to work, but there might be a simpler solution.
On Sun workstations, /etc/utmp is world writable, and so UW can
properly install each window. But for this to work properly,
you have to make sure that all the pseudo-ttys are listed in
/etc/ttys. In Sun3.2 this is the case, but it was not the case in
Sun3.0.
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Scott Schwartz @ Swarthmore College Computer Science Program
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!orchid!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!cae780!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bpa!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!swatsun!schwartz From: schwartz@swatsun.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: UW talk problem Message-ID: <1046@thebes.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 17:23:13 EST Article-I.D.: thebes.1046 Posted: Mon Apr 13 17:23:13 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 05:04:37 EST References: <213@phoenix.PRINCETON.EDU> Organization: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Lines: 15 Summary: make sure /etc/ttys is ok