GTALKD(8)

NAME
gtalkd - GNU talk daemon

SYNOPSIS
gtalkd [ -bfghsStv --version ]

DESCRIPTION
gtalkd is a talk daemon which is fully compatible with ntalkd which is the BSD talk daemon. gtalkd provides a talk service via the internet. A user may use a talk client to send a UDP message to the gtalkd which will then provide services of storing invitations, and making announcements to a user's terminal.

Command line switches are:

-b, --bsd
    Emulate the BSD post 4.2 talk protocol by not accepting any GNU talk protocol extensions.

-f, --forever
    Open a socket and loop on it forever. Unlike running under inetd during which stdin and stdout provides the socket necessary for communication, this option lets the talk daemon run as a separate self supporting process.

-g, --gnu
    Run using the GNU talk protocol extensions. This is the default.

-h, --help
    Print process help.

-s, --sun
    Simulate the pre BSD 4.2 talk protocol which is commonly found on Sunos and Solaris.

-S, --sunforward
    This option is run as an extended option for the --sun option. Instead of acting as a daemon and answering requests, all requests are sent to the n/gtalk daemon on the same machine. Answers are received and forwarded back the the requester.

-t, --tty
    Send all error and verbose messages to the controlling TTY. In addition, create and bind the correct socket by hand instead of inheriting it through stdin and stdout.

-v, --verbose
    Print out verbose information, or verbose syslog information.

--version
    Print out the current version of gtalkd.

Installation The GNU talk daemon can be placed in a system bin such as /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin and then installed in the inetd.conf file in place of the normal talk daemon which may be found there. The resulting configuration in inetd.conf should contain the following lines:

talk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /sbin/gtalkd -Ss

ntalk dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /sbin/gtalkd

FILES
/etc/inetd.conf

AUTHOR
Eric M Ludlam <zappo@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

BUGS
Report bugs to <zappo@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. This system has never been tested in a high volume situation due to my limited resources.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1995 Free Software Foundation.

AVAILABILITY
The newest version of gtalkd can be found within the etalk distribution. As of the writing of this manual, it can be found on ftp.ultranet.com:/pub/zappo/etalk-*.tar.gz

SEE ALSO
inetd(8),talk(1),xphone(1)