It's pretty easy to install ejabberd and configure a few accounts,
apt-get install ejabberd and http to the right port for it for config.
With pidgin you can simply point a jabber account to the server and off
you go.
Bit more complexity with some dns work gets you confederation ability
(i.e. talk to gmail.com - need service record, not hard if you have dns
hosting on a domain or run in internally). Clients will work without a
server then too.
-mb
On 02/13/2012 09:42 AM, Sam Kreimeyer wrote:
> You could create an ad-hoc solution with netcat
> http://techie-buzz.com/foss/create-chat-server-netcat.html
>
> Might not be as streamlined as what you have in mind, but definitely old
> school.
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM, <joe@actionline.com
> <mailto:joe@actionline.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry ... investigating a little further, I see that I posted a similar
> question previously and received several replies. But I was never
> able to
> get anything to work. So, I'll re-read the previous responses to try to
> find a solution.
>
> Joe
>
> > How can one set up a simple 'chat' with Linux?
> >
> > Many years ago, on my original unix system, I had a very simple
> command
> > line chat utility that worked very well - very simple and very
> efficient.
> > I could just establish a simple modem connection with another
> user and at
> > the command line type: chat michael <E> and my friend michael and
> I could
> > begin typing back and forth on the command line. Everything that
> both of
> > us typed was then saved (or appended as an option) to a
> designated file.
> >
> > Is there any similar utility or capability available with Linux
> today?
> >
> > Or, alternatively, what is the best/simplest/easiest way to achieve a
> > similar result?
> >
> > I searched and found /usr/sbin/chat on my system, but I cannot
> find a man
> > page for it and I cannot tell that it does anything.
> >
> > We see a variety of "chat" utilities on various commercial
> websites (none
> > as simple and efficient as the old unix 'chat' that I used in the
> past,
> > but what options are available now?
> >
> >
> >
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