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3464eefbd5Sjmc.Dt NTALKD 8
35fc8533a3Saaron.Os
36df930be7Sderaadt.Sh NAME
3764eefbd5Sjmc.Nm ntalkd
38df930be7Sderaadt.Nd remote user communication server
39df930be7Sderaadt.Sh SYNOPSIS
4064eefbd5Sjmc.Nm ntalkd
41df930be7Sderaadt.Sh DESCRIPTION
4264eefbd5Sjmc.Nm
43df930be7Sderaadtis the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to
44df930be7Sderaadtinitiate a conversation.
45ffb1448aSderaadtIt acts as a repository of invitations, responding to requests
46df930be7Sderaadtby clients wishing to rendezvous to hold a conversation.
47df930be7SderaadtIn normal operation, a client, the caller,
4812bc6069Sschwarzeinitiates a rendezvous by sending a CTL_MSG to the server
4912bc6069Sschwarzeof type
5012bc6069Sschwarze.Dv LOOK_UP
51df930be7Sderaadt(see
52369bef3aSschwarze.In protocols/talkd.h ) .
53df930be7SderaadtThis causes the server to search its invitation
54df930be7Sderaadttables to check if an invitation currently exists for the caller
55df930be7Sderaadt(to speak to the callee specified in the message).
56df930be7SderaadtIf the lookup fails,
57df930be7Sderaadtthe caller then sends an
5812bc6069Sschwarze.Dv ANNOUNCE
59df930be7Sderaadtmessage causing the server to
60df930be7Sderaadtbroadcast an announcement on the callee's login ports requesting contact.
61df930be7SderaadtWhen the callee responds, the local server uses the
62df930be7Sderaadtrecorded invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous
63df930be7Sderaadtaddress and the caller and callee client programs establish a
64df930be7Sderaadtstream connection through which the conversation takes place.
65df930be7Sderaadt.Sh SEE ALSO
66df930be7Sderaadt.Xr talk 1 ,
67*3ffd98f9Stedu.Xr write 1 ,
68*3ffd98f9Stedu.Xr inetd 8
69df930be7Sderaadt.Sh HISTORY
70df930be7SderaadtThe
71df930be7Sderaadt.Nm
72df930be7Sderaadtcommand appeared in
7364eefbd5Sjmc.Bx 4.3 ,
7464eefbd5Sjmcas
7564eefbd5Sjmc.Nm talkd .
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