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.TH IN.TALKD 8 "Jul 31, 2004"
.SH NAME
in.talkd, talkd \- server for talk program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBin.talkd\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBtalkd\fR is a server used by the \fBtalk\fR(1) program.  It listens at the
\fBUDP\fR port indicated in the ``talk'' service description; see
\fBservices\fR(5). The actual conversation takes place on a  \fBTCP\fR
connection that is established by negotiation between the two machines
involved.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR svcs (1),
.BR talk (1),
.BR services (5),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR smf (7),
.BR inetadm (8),
.BR inetd (8),
.BR svcadm (8)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The protocol is architecture dependent.
.sp
.LP
The \fBin.talkd\fR service is managed by the service management facility,
\fBsmf\fR(7), under the service identifier:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
svc:/network/talk
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.sp
.LP
Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
requesting restart, can be performed using \fBsvcadm\fR(8). Responsibility for
initiating and restarting this service is delegated to \fBinetd\fR(8). Use
\fBinetadm\fR(8) to make configuration changes and to view configuration
information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the
\fBsvcs\fR(1) command.