TALKD(8N)               COMMAND REFERENCE               TALKD(8N)



NAME
     talkd - remote user communication server

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/talkd

DESCRIPTION
     The server talkd notifies a user that someone on the network
     wants to initiate a conversation; it acts as a repository of
     invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to
     rendezvous to hold a conversation.

     In normal operation, a client, (the caller) initiates a
     rendezvous by sending a CTL_MSG to the remote server of type
     LOOK_UP causing the server to search its invitation tables
     to check if an invitation currently exists for the caller
     (to speak to the callee specified in the message).  If the
     lookup fails, the caller then sends an ANNOUNCE message
     causing the server to broadcast an announcement on the
     callee's login ports, requesting contact.

     When the callee responds, the local server uses the recorded
     invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous
     address and the caller and callee client programs establish
     a stream connection through which the conversation takes
     place.

SEE ALSO
     talk(1n), write(1), inetd(8n).


























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