System Administration Commands                       in.talkd(1M)



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 descrip-
     tion; see services(4). The actual conversation  takes  place
     on  a   TCP  connection  that  is established by negotiation
     between the two machines involved.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWrcmds                   
    


SEE ALSO
     svcs(1), talk(1), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M),  svcadm(1M),  ser-
     vices(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  infor-
     mation for this service. The service's status can be queried
     using the svcs(1) command.





SunOS 5.11          Last change: 31 Jul 2004                    1