# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/talkd.0

    TALKD(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 TALKD(8)

    NAME
         talkd - remote user communication server

    SYNOPSIS
         /usr/libexec/ntalkd

    DESCRIPTION
         Talkd is the server that notifies a user that somebody else
         wants to initiate a conversation.	It acts a repository of
         invitations, responding to requests by clients wishing to
         rendezvous to hold a conversation.  In normal operation, a
         client, the caller, initiates a rendezvous by sending a
         CTL_MSG to the server of type LOOK_UP (see
         <protocols/talkd.h>).  This causes the server to search its
         invitation tables to check if an invitation currently exists
         for the caller (to speak to the callee specified in the mes-
         sage).  If the lookup fails, the caller then sends an
         ANNOUNCE message causing the server to broadcast an
         announcement on the callee's login ports requesting contact.
         When the callee responds, the local server uses the recorded
         invitation to respond with the appropriate rendezvous
         address and the caller and callee client programs establish
         a stream connection through which the conversation takes
         place.

    SEE ALSO
         talk(1), write(1)

    Printed 11/24/99	November 16, 1996			1

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