Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-21 15:16:15 -0700]: > I wanted the write. > We have lots of servers with lots of techs. > Some of them are very new to Debian. > So, when were working on systems its nice to chat. > We use the "talk" program as you mentioned. > but as root is defaulted t

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, I wanted the write. We have lots of servers with lots of techs. Some of them are very new to Debian. So, when were working on systems its nice to chat. We use the "talk" program as you mentioned. but as root is defaulted to mesg n then its nice to echo a message to their screen to say something

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Mike Egglestone
Thanks! This is exactly what I needed. Mike > I forgot to mention that the first method usually requires root > access, the second, may too. > > write is usually the 'standard' way to do it, but users can > easily disable it on their side by doing 'mesg n'. some systems > this is the default. >

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-21 14:43:08 -0700]: > I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user > that is logged into the same box as me. > If I run > # w > to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something > to their screen so I can tell them something. Do

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread nate
nate said: > echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!!" >>/dev/pts/X > > where X is the tty they are logged in on > > or you can do > > echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF NOW!!" | wall > > to send a message to everyone logged on I forgot to mention that the first method usually requires roo

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread nate
Mike Egglestone said: > Hi, > I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user > that is logged into the same box as me. > If I run > # w > to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something > to their screen so I can tell them something. echo "THE COMPUTER IS ON FIRE LOG OFF

Re: echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Mike Egglestone quote on Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:43:08PM -0700: > Hi, > I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user > that is logged into the same box as me. > If I run > # w > to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something > to their screen so I can tell them so

echo message to users screen

2002-10-21 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, I'm looking for a way I can send a small message to a user that is logged into the same box as me. If I run # w to see who is logged in, then I would like to echo something to their screen so I can tell them something. Any ideas? Thanks Mike