debian man page for xtelld

XTELLD(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 XTELLD(8)

NAME
       xtelld - daemon receiving messages from xtell(1) clients

SYNOPSIS
       xtelld [options]

DESCRIPTION
       xtelld is daemon receiving messages from the xtell(1) client and displaying them to apropriate user.

OPTIONS
       --help Short help

       --alone
	      Force server to run standalone

       --inetd
	      Force server to act as service of inetd

       --version
	      Print version information and exit.

       -sX    Lifetime for spawned services (in seconds) ex: -s25  maintain connections for up to 25 seconds

       -mX    Spawn no more than X children services at a time ex: -m15  service no more than 15 requests at once.  Note: ignored if inetd service

       -pX    Use port X, default: 4224

       -n     Do not lookup addresses, use IP numbers instead

USAGE
       Xtell  daemon  can run either from inetd(preferred) or from command line.  If you decide to start it from inetd, add this line to /etc/ser-
       vices :

       xtell	 4224/tcp	     # xtell server

	  and this line to /etc/inetd.conf :

       xtell	 stream    tcp	nowait	  nobody.tty	 /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/sbin/xtelld

       Notice that the entries are separated by tabs, not spaces.  Restart inetd with killall -HUP inetd

       What to do if you are a normal user and want to run xtell daemon:

       You can't run it from inetd, obviously. Just start ./xtelld to use xtell on default port (4224). In this case,  xtell  can  write  messages
       only  to  you.  If  there  is another user on that system willing to get messages, either s/he starts xtelld on another port (e.g. ./xtelld
       -p4225), or makes his/her tty writable by you (e.g. chmod a+rw /dev/tty* /dev/pts/*)

AUTHOR
       Radovan Garabik (garabik@fmph.uniba.sk)

SEE ALSO
       xtell(1), write(1), talk(1), talkd(8), tty(1)

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