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talkd(1M)							     talkd(1M)

NAME
       talkd - remote user communication server

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       is  the	server	that  notifies a user that someone wants to initiate a
       conversation.  It acts as a repository of  invitations,	responding  to
       requests by clients wishing to initiate a conversation.

       To initiate a conversation, the client (the command) sends a message of
       type LOOK_UP to the server (see This causes the server  to  search  its
       invitation  table  to  check  if an invitation currently exists for the
       caller to talk to the callee specified in the message.  If  the	lookup
       fails,  the  caller then sends a message of type ANNOUNCE, which causes
       the server to display an announcement on the callee's terminal request‐
       ing 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.

       To activate the talk service, the following entry must be added to  the
       file:

SEE ALSO
       talk(1), write(1).

								     talkd(1M)

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