in.talkd(1M)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Attributes | See Also | Notes

Name

in.talkd, talkd– server for talk program

Synopsis

in.talkd 

Description

talkd is a server used by the talk(1) program. It listens at the UDP port indicated in the ``talk'' service description; see services(4). The actual conversation takes place on a TCP connection that is established by negotiation between the two machines involved.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWrcmds

See Also

svcs(1), talk(1), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M), svcadm(1M), services(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

Notes

The protocol is architecture dependent.

The in.talkd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

svc:/network/talk

Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). Responsibility for initiating and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(1M). Use inetadm(1M) to make configuration changes and to view configuration information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

Name | Synopsis | Description | Attributes | See Also | Notes