Send messages / NT LAN

[macellarius]

I've heard there's a command that can be used to send messages to other users within our NT network using the Korn shell and the computer name of the receiver. Is this true? What's the command? What directory does it execute from, etc?

Thanks!

 

[dickiebird]

There's 'wall' on AIX - dunno 'bout other Unix
its in /bin
So
wall Your message here
will be sent to all users currently logged in
Then there's /bin/mail on AIX
mail username message

DB
Dickie Bird
db@dickiebird.freeserve.co.uk

 

[DumTech]

You can use smbclient if you're running Samba on the *nix side:

smbclient -M hostname

then hit return. Samba finds the machine and tells you so, you type your message, hit Ctrl-D when you're done. This pops up on the Windows machine as if you'd used

net send hostname message

from a Windows command prompt.

If you're on a network with *nix and Windows boxen, chances are that Samba's running somewhere.

Hope this helps. Matt
matt@paperlove.org
If I can help, I will.