Tool Talk Message Server Could Not Be Started
Basil Holloway
AIX 5200-09 which only has a root user and host called banora 192.168.0.144.
Setting up Samba 2.2.7-4 in AIX (as server)to communicate with a W98SE
machine.
When I set up another user in AIX, using the same user name and password
that is
on the W98SE machine all goes well until I try to log into AIX with the new
user.
The change password procedure works okay then I get a grey desktop with a
window
titled TOOLTALK MESSAGE SERVER COULD NOT BE STARTED and a ddterm window.
I cannot get to the CDE desktop for the new user.
Hunting the web led to believe it is a network problem.
Both W98SE and AIX can ping one another.
Both W98SE/IE6 and AIX/Seamonkey can get onto the web over my
P2P/Router/Dial up
ISP system.
Here are all the relevant files
Smitty/tcpip/en0
* HOSTNAME [banora]
* Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [192.168.0.144]
Network MASK (dotted decimal) [255.255.255.0]
* Network INTERFACE enO
NAMESERVER
Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [139.134.5.51]
DOMAIN Name [sy-dns03.tmns.net.au]
Default Gateway
Address (dotted decimal or symbolic name) [192.168.0.1]
Cost [0]
+
Do Active Dead Gateway Detection? no
+
Your CABLE Type N/A
+
START Now no
+
# /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 loopback localhost # loopback (100) name/address
192.168.0.144 banora # 7044-170 2nd Unit
192.168.0.109 001083A109EB # HP4500DUP
192.168.0.142 martinel # 7044-170 1st Unit
# /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 139.134.5.51
domain sy-dns03.tmns.net.au
# hostname
banora
# ping banora
PING banora: (192.168.0.144): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.144: icmp seq=O ttl=255 time=l ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.144: icmp-seq=l ttl=255 time=O ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.144: icmp-seq=2 ttl=255 time=O ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.144: icmp-seq=3 ttl=255 time=O ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.144: icmp-seq=4 ttl=255 time=O ms
A -
C
banora PING Statistics 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet
loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/1 ms
# host loopback
loopback is 127.0.0.1, Aliases: localhost
# host localhost
loopback is 127.0.0.1, Aliases: localhost
# host 127.0.0.1
loopback is 127.0.0.1, Aliases: localhost
# time host 'banora'
banora is 192.168.0.144
real OmO.01s
user OmO.OOs
sys OmO.01s
# uname -n
banora
# nslookup banora
Server: sy-dns03.tmns.net.au
Address: 139.134.5.51
*** sy-dns03.tmns.net.au can't find banora:Server failed
I think this is the right reply for nslookup as I would not expect banora
192.168.0.144 to be on my external ISP's name resolution server.
Perhaps the ToolTalk error is not network related but something else.
Appreciate newbie assistance
Basil Holloway
"Basil Holloway" <farl...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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# /etc/netsvc.conf
hosts = local . bind
Basil Holloway
error.
Entered into $home of new user via vi
export DT_SESSION_TIMEOUT=120
a file called .dtprofile as there was none, rebooted and still get TOOLTALK
error.
Really need assistance to get to the new users CDE desktop.
Uli Link
>
> # /etc/netsvc.conf
> hosts = local . bind
>
>
Hi Basil,
hosts = local, bind in /etc/netsvc.conf is one step.
the hostname from "uname -n" must be resolvable to the ipaddress through
/etc/hosts
Check /etc/hosts that you have only a single(!) line with your hostname
and the ipaddress. When changing things through smitty there are often
more than one line, and /etc/hosts is checked from top down and smitty
appends to the end.
That's the trick.
--
Uli
Basil Holloway
"Uli Link" <VonRechts...@usenet.arcornews.de> wrote in message
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Uli thanks for reply
# /etc/netsvc.conf has only one line
hosts = local , bind
# uname -n returns banora
# /etc/hosts has only 4 lines
127.0.0.1 loopback localhost # loopback (100) name/address
192.168.0.144 banora # 7044-170 2nd Unit
192.168.0.109 001083A109EB # HP4500DUP
192.168.0.142 martinel # 7044-170 1st Unit
I could always, and still log on as root and the computer goes straight to
the CDE desktop ie no TOOLTALK error.
I never used a password on this AIX 5.2 computer but since I installed
SAMBA/SERVER, for SWAT to work correctly with Seamonkey I had to give root
a password and used configassist to do that. Boot up to CDE under root never
faultered ie no TOOLTALK error.
The new user I created is called y with a password of cathy.
User y p/w cathy are on the W98SE computer I am trying to set up as a
Samba client.
I presume if /etc/hosts and /etc/netsvc.conf works okay for root it should
be okay for y .
Could you think what else could be wrong that is stopping y getting to
CDE on log in ?
Assistance appreciated
Basil
Basil Holloway
characters and no longer than 8.
So I deleted user y , rebooted, created a user ditty and ditty on logon
goes straight to the CDE desktop, no TOOLTALK error.
When a user is set up in smit, help says it must be between one and eight
charscters.
Suppose this is on case where smit was not my friend.