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From: marcelo@deadzone.uucp (Marcelo Gallardo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: talk not working
Keywords: talk
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.045338.425@deadzone.uucp>
Date: 25 Apr 91 04:53:38 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.044356.15079@deadzone.uucp> <849@treehouse.UUCP>
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In article <849@treehouse.UUCP> treehouse!andyp@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com writes:
>>	This machine doesn't exist. Boy, am I confused!
>
>Make sure you have the /etc/hosts and /etc/HOSTNAME set up correctly.
>There are manual pages for each of them.  I've had the same problem and
>I think that when one of them was missing, you get that error message.
>

	You were right! It turns out that the /etc/HOSTNAME permissions
	were not set properly (boy do I feel stupid for not checking
	that)!

	A quick chmod and it's working properly. Thanks a bunch.


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