| 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 <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2025 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
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.
| April 2025 | GNU inetutils 2.6 |