NAME
talkd - Talk server
SYNOPSIS
talkd [OPTION...]
DESCRIPTION
Talk daemon, using service `ntalk'.
- -a, --acl=FILE
-
read site-wide ACLs from FILE
- -d, --debug
-
enable debugging
-i, --idle-timeout=SECONDS set idle timeout value to SECONDS
- -l, --logging
-
enable more syslog reporting
- -r, --request-ttl=SECONDS
-
set request time-to-live value to SECONDS
- -S, --strict-policy
-
apply strict ACL policy
- -t, --timeout=SECONDS
-
set timeout value to SECONDS
- -?, --help
-
give this help list
- --usage
-
give a short usage message
- -V, --version
-
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
AUTHOR
Written by Sergey Poznyakoff.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for talkd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and talkd programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info talkd
should give you access to the complete manual.