System wide message:

[Dawes, Stephen]

Greg, 

If I am reading this right, when, let's say wall transmits a message,
samba sees it and with the message command ... The console message
generated by wall is transmitted across the samba network?

Steve Dawes
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Email: SDawes at calgary.ca
 
 

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> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Gregory Nowak
> Sent: 2004 August 23 1:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: System wide message:
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> - From the smb.conf(5) man page:
> 
> message command (G)
>               This specifies what command to run when the server
>               receives a WinPopup style message.
> 
>               This would normally be a command that would deliver the
> 	      message somehow. How this is to be done is up
>               to your imagination.
> 
>               An example is:
> 
>               message command = csh -c 'xedit %s;rm %s' &
> 
>               This  delivers  the  message  using xedit, then removes
> 	      it afterwards. NOTE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
>               THAT THIS COMMAND RETURN IMMEDIATELY. That's why I have
> 	      the '&' on the  end.  If  it  doesn't  return
>               immediately  then  your PCs may freeze when sending
> 	      messages (they should recover after 30secs, hope-
>               fully).
> 
>               All messages are delivered as the global guest user.
> 	      The command takes the  standard  substitutions,
>               although  %u won't work (%U may be better in this case).
> 
>               Apart from the standard substitutions, some additional
> 	      ones apply. In particular:
> 
>               o %s = the filename containing the message.
> 
>               o %t = the destination that the message was sent to
> 	      (probably the server name).
> 
> o %f = who the message is from.
> 
>        You  could  make this command send mail, or whatever else takes
>        your fancy. Please let us know of any really
>        interesting ideas you have.
> 
>        Here's a way of sending the messages as mail to root:
> 
>        message command = /bin/mail -s 'message from %f on %m' root <
>        %s; rm %s
> 
>        If you don't have a message command then the message won't be
>        delivered and Samba will tell the sender there
>        was  an  error. Unfortunately WfWg totally ignores the error
>        code and carries on regardless, saying that the
>        message was delivered.
> 
>        If you want to silently delete it then try:
> 
>        message command = rm %s
> 
>        Default: no message command
> 
>        Example: message command = csh -c 'xedit %s; rm %s' &
> 
> Hth.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
>