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From: Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ntalkd problem
Date: 30 Jan 1997 20:17:13 GMT
Organization: DNAI ( Direct Network Access )
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gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer) wrote:
>In article <01bc0a10$3cedc060$6330fa9e@org-qsar2.chem.msu.su>,
> "Eugene Radchenko" <genie@org.chem.msu.su> writes:
>> Hi!
>> Has anyone made the ntalkd to work on 2.1R? It just does not work and does
>> log dozens of "address family not supported by protocol family" errors.
>> AFAIU, it's caused by ntalkd's using "struct osockaddr" and passes it to
>> sendto as "struct sockaddr" which has different layout.
>
>I thought ntalk was part of 2.1R? It certainly is part of 2.1.6R (look
>in /etc/inetd.conf ... `talkd' is bound to the ntalk port). What you
>may have problems with is compiling the (o)talkd...
Perhaps it's just as well it doesn't work for you. Upgrade, patch, or
comment it out! Extract from a recent CERT Advisory:
FreeBSD, Inc.
=============
We have released an advisory dated 1997-01-18, FreeBSD-SA-96:21.
The advisory can be found at:
ftp://freebsd.org/pub/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-96:21.talkd.asc
Patches are available at:
ftp://freebsd.org/pub/CERT/patches/SA-96:21
--Karl
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== Karl Wiebe == karl@dnai.com ==
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