TTYLINKD(8)

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💖 TTYLINKD(8) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the Linux System Managers Manual page for ttylinkd, and it's giving "small daemon, big job" energy, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

ttylinkd — the TTYlink daemon, and she serves AX.25, NET/ROM, ROSE and IP. multi-talented fr fr 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ttylinkd [-hv] [-c callsign] [-f file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So ttylinkd is a simple daemon (her words, not mine, she's humble) that lets incoming ttylink calls get routed through to Linux's normal talkd(8) system. And like, not only does she route them — she also provides a pipe between the two. matchmaker behaviour honestly 💖

Usually you'd set her up to be spawned from ax25d(8) or inetd(8). But — plot twist — since version 0.03 you can also just run her straight from the command line. That said, for interactive users, talk(1) is a much better idea. not me telling you the truth 🌸

And for outgoing ttylink sessions? Use splitscreen(1). that's the one, periodt.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -v — display the version. that's it, that's the whole vibe.
  • -h — display some help and information on it. she'll explain herself 🫶
  • -c callsign — disables callsign checking, and uses the given callsign as a name for this end of the link. no more vibe check on who you are, you just say who you are ✨
  • -f file — use file for the configuration file instead of the default /etc/ax25/ttylinkd.conf. main character energy, custom config and all 👑

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/ax25/ttylinkd.conf — the configuration file for ttylinkd. her little home base 🏠

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

talk(1), splitscreen(1), ttylinkd.conf(5), ax25d(8), inetd(8), talkd(8).

(the whole friend group, we love a crossover episode 💜)

💀 BUGS 💀

okay so, full transparency, she's got some stuff going on:

  • There is still some need for some checking of who is still logged on. lowkey a little unverified 👀
  • The daemon may hang if you disconnect from it strangely. so like… don't do that 😭
  • There is no real way of working out what is going on with talkd. mysterious queen, unreadable 💅
  • If you do not have a talk daemon going on the specified host, then the program will tend to sit there and do nothing. not her ghosting you, she literally cannot 💀
⚠️ real talk bestie — that last one is not a bug you can fix by yelling at her. no talk daemon on the host = she just sits there. plan accordingly.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Craig Small VK2XLZ <csmall@small.dropbear.id.au> — the icon who made all this happen, we stan 🫶

and that's the whole page!! this one shipped on Linux, dated 5 March 1997, and lives at section TTYLINKD(8) in the manual. vintage but she still ate 💖✨🎀

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