talkd(8c)
NAME
talkd − inter-terminal communications server
SYNTAX
/etc/talkd
DESCRIPTION
The talkd program is the server for the talk(1) program. The server provides a rendezvous method for the requesting (possibly remote) talk and the local responding talk.
The talkd server is invoked by inetd8c when it receives a packet on the port indicated in the “talk” service specification. For further information, see services(5).
RESTRICTIONS
The talkd server does not strictly follow network byte order in its packet format any may have difficulty in talking with implementations of talkd on other architectures that do not take this into account.