I am new to Unix/Linux, and I have been experimenting with the write and talk commands. I guess I don't understand what I am doing (probably becuase I am thinking like a Windows user). When I have two computers on the same network and type something like

talk tim

where tim is the name of a user, it will either say tim is not logged on, or it might say that it is connecting to an answering machine.

I guess question is how do I logon to a terminal is such a way that I become available to other users who want to talk to me?

SAB