[Techtalk] remote user notifications

[Brenda Bell]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:58:45 -0800
Carla Schroder wrote:

> Today's 'stump the gurus' question: what can you do for remote users who are 
> running X, like Gnome or KDE or some such, and who won't see console 
> messages? Especially shutdown or reboot messages? Or other vitally important 
> broadcasts from the local friendly BOFH? 

If you're running a Windoze or SMB domain, I believe the Windows
"net send" command would guarantee a pop-up on all networked
workstations.


Brenda Bell
Henniker (the only one on earth)
New Hampshire (the state with 5 seasons: black fly, tourist, foliage, ski and mud)