In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>it was written:
>Greetings,
>
>When you issue the reboot command the system does a system wide message
>saying the machine is rebooting NOW. How would I send a message to all
>the people that are on the system? I assume this would need to be done
>as root?
that is done with the command 'wall'.
according to the manpage:
Wall displays the contents of file or, by default, its standard input, on
the terminals of all currently logged in users.
Only the super-user can write on the terminals of users who have chosen
to deny messages or are using a program which automatically denies mes-
sages.
as always,
nick
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