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TALKD(8C)							     TALKD(8C)

NAME
       talkd - remote user communication server

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/etc/talkd

DESCRIPTION
       Talkd  is  the  server that notifies a user that somebody else wants to
       initiate	 a  conversation.   It	acts  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 server of type LOOK_UP (see
       <protocols/talkd.h>).  This causes 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(1), write(1)

4.3 Berkeley Distribution	 May 21, 1986			     TALKD(8C)

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