On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:59:13 -0500 ken <geb...@mousecar.com> wrote: > > Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all > > the machines on a LAN ?
> If all the desktops are just terminals (text), you could use "wall". > But they're probably not. (?) No, they are all GUI > You could put the desired announcement in /etc/motd and they would see > it when they log in. Need the post to appear immediately, not when they log in > But I'm going to guess everyone is running GUIs on their desktops and > you don't want to write code, so all I can think of-- and what we've > done at every place I've worked-- is just to send everyone an email. No good, since they will only get the message if/when they open their MUA. I was thinking of something like a gxmessage posted simultaneously on all the GUIs... Cheers, Ron. -- Paranoia is simply an optimistic outlook on life. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --