Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.5) Installed from: Debian stable Packages Reported in Debian BTS at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386334 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=206843 ktalkd is set to run as nobody.tty in /etc/inetd.conf. When I try to connect to it I get this in /var/log/daemon.log Sep 6 16:03:24 pineapple ktalkd[6692]: connect from 192.168.1.233 (192.168.1.233) Sep 6 16:03:24 pineapple ktalkd[6692]: 192.168.1.233: bad dns Sep 6 16:03:25 pineapple ktalkd[6692]: 192.168.1.233: bad dns Sep 6 16:03:26 pineapple ktalkd[6693]: connect from 192.168.1.44 (192.168.1.44) Sep 6 16:03:26 pineapple ktalkd[6693]: XDM login: myuser at :0 Sep 6 16:03:26 pineapple ktalkd[6694]: Warning: setgid/setuid as myuser: Operation not permitted Sep 6 16:03:26 pineapple ktalkd[6692]: 192.168.1.233: bad dns I think the "setgid/setuid as myuser: Operation not permitted" line is the problem. The same problem exists in Etch as well.
Same problem on latest Debian/Testing. Kde-3.5.9.
So people are still using ktalkd? That's amazing. It has been removed from KDE 4, for two reasons: apparent lack of interest from users (IM has replaced talk for most people), and a large number of security issues (I wrote ktalkd before I knew anything about security, which is bad for a daemon running as root).... Sorry, I don't think this bug will ever get fixed :(