I'm starting to use unix.  I'm know how to send short messages to windows
hosts using the "net send %name%'message'" - is there an equivalent to it on
a unix host?

I'm sure that this has been asked a millions times before, but now it's a
million and one.

Thanks for your help.

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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:45:37 GMT, Bunyip wrote:
> I'm starting to use unix.

Then you need to know about FAQs

Please bookmark the following, very large,
Frequently Asked Questions (faq) Search engine:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
net send		in the first box
*unix*			in Newsgroup,  U need 2 use *, pick English

Results 1 - 10 of about 106,000 English messages for net send
group:*unix*. (3.54 seconds)

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In article <BD3725CC.143C%bunyip@nospam.com>,
Bunyip <bunyip@nospam.com> wrote:

> I'm starting to use unix.  I'm know how to send short messages to windows
> hosts using the "net send %name%'message'" - is there an equivalent to it 
on
> a unix host?
>
> I'm sure that this has been asked a millions times before, but now it's a
> million and one.
>
> Thanks for your help.

man wall

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DeeDee, don't press that button!  DeeDee!  NO!  Dee...

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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:19:16 -0700, "Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net>" <> wrote:
> In article <BD3725CC.143C%bunyip@nospam.com>,
>  Bunyip <bunyip@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>
> man wall

I'm not sure if he's asking to do that for Unix clients, or to send
the signal from the Unix box and have it end up on the Windows systems
screens.  If the former, wall works great.  If the latter, I don't see
it in my TFM for wall.

Dave Hinz

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In article <2ncldqFvtgcgU1@uni-berlin.de>,
Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:19:16 -0700, "Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net>" 
<>
> wrote: 
>
> I'm not sure if he's asking to do that for Unix clients, or to send
> the signal from the Unix box and have it end up on the Windows systems
> screens.  If the former, wall works great.  If the latter, I don't see
> it in my TFM for wall.
>
> Dave Hinz

Totalnet (a general PC interoperability file/print server suite for
Macintosh, Netware, and CIFS) has a tool to send messages to CIFS
clients.  See http://64.78.237.115/products/tas.html  Samba as no
equivalent, so there's no 'free' way to do this short of rolling your
own.

Also, wall won't notify users of client/server applications unless the
developers of said applications "did the right thing" and intercepted
such things to notify users.  That's up the application.

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"Michael Vilain <vilain@spamcop.net>" <> wrote:

> Totalnet (a general PC interoperability file/print server suite for
> Macintosh, Netware, and CIFS) has a tool to send messages to CIFS
> clients.  See http://64.78.237.115/products/tas.html  Samba as no
> equivalent, so there's no 'free' way to do this short of rolling your
> own.

smbclient -M can be used to send popup messages.  At least until the
next service pack removes the client ability to receive them.

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

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