Re: FC6 - write disabled

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On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 16:10 +0100, Aaron Pohle wrote:
> Hello,
> i would use write to communicate, but write is disabled:
> aaron@tux:~> write testuser
> write: testuser has messages disabled
> 
> testuser@tux:~> mesg y
> mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty'
> 
> How can i enable write.
> 
> Thanks,
> Aaron
> 
Well check the group that tty is in. You error message seems to say that
it must be in group tty. Also the user you write to must be logged on at
the time.
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