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[Dawes, Stephen]

Shaun,

A simple little set of scripts would be what you are looking for. 
These scripts will basically all work the same.
The only difference in the scripts will be who you wish to transmit your
system message to.

The steps you would need to take to get everything working for you is
to:
1. install rwall and rwall server on the Linux side of the network.
2. start the rwall server. (you may also want to have rwall server start
automatically at boot time.)

Now for the scripts:

You may choose to create a script for each Linux server, so that you can
send a message to any or all of the servers from a central locations.
e.g. msglinux1 msglinux2 ... You get the idea.

You may want to set up a script to send a network wide message. e.g.
networkmsg In this script you would also need to include the wall
command to also broadcast to the machine that you are sending the global
message from.

You may want to setup a script to send a message to only windows boxes.
e.g. windowmsg
This way, you can set up groups or clusters to isolate where you are
transmitting to. 

The script will basically have the command rwall and the destination in
it in the case of transmitting to the Linux side of the network. For the
windows side, replace rwall with smbclient -M.
 


Steve Dawes
Phone: (403) 268-5527
Email: SDawes at calgary.ca
 
 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Shaun Oliver
> Sent: 2004 August 26 4:32 AM
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> ok Steve I had another use for this same tool.
> here's the scenario.
> You're an administrator on a network and you need to quickly 
> send messages to your various workstations windows or Linux 
> all at once.
> e.g. The system will be undergoing maintenance for a period of x-y-z.
> please save all your work and log off now.
> that's the idea I had in mind.
> either way I'm sure that could be worked into your project.
> 
> --
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> it is time to reform.
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> Shaun Oliver
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