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/services :

       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 Garabík (garabik@fmph.uniba.sk)

SEE ALSO

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

                                                                                                       XTELLD(8)