TALKD(8) System Administration Utilities TALKD(8) 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 . COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO talk(1) 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. GNU inetutils 2.5 December 2023 TALKD(8)