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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!hookup!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!torn!ccshst05.uoguelph.ca!ccshst01!jtiefenb From: jtiefenb@uoguelph.ca (Josh R Tiefenbach) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: talkd[167]: sendto: Address family not supported Date: 7 May 1996 20:33:35 GMT Organization: Axe Wielding Homicial Maniacs Inc. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4moc2v$fmr@ccshst05.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccshst01.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Help. I've been having problems recently with my FreeBSD box. The problems boil down as follows: 1. Talk refuses to work. /var/log/messages fills up with messages along the lines of: May 7 16:09:58 eddie talkd[167]: sendto: Address family not supported by protocol family May 7 16:10:14 eddie last message repeated 3 times May 7 16:12:34 eddie last message repeated 25 times I hadnt been paying much attention, so Im not sure when it stopped working, but I'm thinking it happened shortly after a kernel compile. This behavior occurs when two users on the machine attemtp to talk, and when a user tries to talk another machine and vice versa. 2. Named FTPs dont work. That is, when ftp'ing into the machine, and specifying a valid user name/passwd combo, ftpd turns around and says 530 Login Incorrect. Ive checked the man page for ftpd - and as far as I can tell all of the conditions are held - the login exists, the password is correct, the login aint in /etc/ftpusers, and the shell exists in /etc/shells. I speculate that there may be a problem in the crypt routines, but Im at a loss as to how to test this. Any suggestions? Thanks josh -- "Perl is the language of choice for net abuse" -- Larry Wall "No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didnt want to know anyways..." -- Larry Wall