From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 8: 5: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 530FB37B401 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:05:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E043B43E6A for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:05:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfolkins@comcast.net) Disposition-notification-to: dfolkins@comcast.net Received: from groovy3xp (pcp01731796pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net [68.83.131.193]) by mtaout05.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with SMTP id <0H2N00CAK38D20@mtaout05.icomcast.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:05:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:04:53 -0400 From: dfolkins Subject: running ntalkd without inetd - is it possible? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <000501c25f24$be9878c0$0a00a8c0@groovy3xp> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi everyone, just wondering if it is possible to run ntalkd standalone, without invoking it through inetd. since i am not running any of the other servers that one would usually run through inetd, i am reluctant to run the inetd just for one little ntalkd daemon. however, when i run /usr/libexec/ntalkd from commandline, it does not start, and the following message is generated in /var/log/messages: talkd[270]: recv: Socket operation on non-socket is it possible to run ntalkd without starting it through inetd, and if so, what do i need to do to accomplish that? thank you all, dfolkins To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message