From: bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 21:21:06 +0100, the_troubadour   
      wrote:   
   > Hi there!   
   >   
   > I'm trying to set up my inetd in such a way so that if a user telnets to a   
   > certain port, a talk session is automatically initiated. No luck so far :(   
   > Here's a little extract:   
   >   
   > [inetd.conf]   
   > ptalk stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/talk peter   
   >   
   > A telnet session to the port only greets me with:   
   >   
   > Trying 127.0.0.1...   
   > Connected to 127.0.0.1.   
   > Escape character is '^]'.   
   > Standard input must be a tty, not a pipe or a file   
   > Connection closed by foreign host.   
   >   
   > Any hints highly appreciated :)   
   >   
      
    Standard input must be a tty, not a pipe or a file   
   You will need a talk program that is compiled to work with inetd.   
      
      
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