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 © 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
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.