TALKD(8C)
NAME
talkd − server for talk(1) program
USAGE
/etc/talkd
DESCRIPTION
The talkd server, used by the talk(1) program, listens at the “udp” socket indicated in the “talk” service description. The conversation generated using talk, however, occurs over a TCP connection.
Refer to services(5) for more information about the “talk” service description.
We recommend invoking talkd in background mode via the /etc/rc Shell script. If you include the lines if [ -f /etc/talkd ]; then /etc/talkd & fi in your node’s ‘node_data/etc.rc file, the /etc/run_rc program will start talkd at boot time (after first checking to see if the file exists). We include the above lines on installation of each node, except for those that are diskless.
For a node to accept incoming talk commands, it must be correctly configured to run DOMAIN/IX TCP/IP. See System Administration for DOMAIN/IX bsd4.2 for information on configuring TCP/IP.