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cccc 08-23-2011 04:49 PM
LAN Messanger client
 
hi

We have squeeze workstations with Gnome and I'm looking for a very simple LAN messanger client to send some information to the users.
It should run with the same user in the background and just pop-up a small window with a information message.

gradinaruvasile 08-24-2011 03:00 AM
Talk? As in talk or text chat?

There is a simple lan messenger called Ezim. It requires Java.There are probably others aswell.

Other than that you can script something that uses notify-send, netcat etc.

cccc 02-03-2012 09:37 PM
I'm looking for a messanger client, not a chat client.
I'd like to send event notifications as an admin to the users over LAN.

BTW cannot find Ezim in the debian repos.
Any oder idea?

devianpctek 02-06-2012 11:21 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cccc (Post 4593325)
I'm looking for a messanger client, not a chat client.
I'd like to send event notifications as an admin to the users over LAN.

BTW cannot find Ezim in the debian repos.
Any oder idea?
You can setup your own server using any of this XMPP Servers (I use OpenFire, is really easy to implement) and XMPP Clients, for my personal taste I like Pidgin

gradinaruvasile 02-09-2012 02:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cccc (Post 4593325)
I'm looking for a messanger client, not a chat client.
I'd like to send event notifications as an admin to the users over LAN.

BTW cannot find Ezim in the debian repos.
Any oder idea?
Ezim is not in the repos. It can be downloaded from sourceforge. It is one tiny jar file, it is java-based.
There are other similar solutions, you might try empathy with avahi etc.

A jabber server is an unnecessary complication in this case.

gradinaruvasile 02-09-2012 02:17 PM
Or just execute a command via ssh - notify-send (standard bubble notification text) or zenity (more options, can create windows) are good for this.

cccc 02-09-2012 07:47 PM
Thx a lot, but we have more than 100 linux workstations and it will be a little difficult use notify-send.

I'll try this LAN Messenger:

http://lanmsngr.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

Perhaps a central Management Software will be another solution, but I cannot find as an opensource for debian desktops.

gradinaruvasile 02-10-2012 02:05 AM
You dont have to do manually - set up key based ssh authentication and write a script that automatically connects to a list of computers specified in a file and delivers the messages.

gradinaruvasile 02-10-2012 04:16 AM
Ok, here it is a working little script. You need netcat, it is in Debian, Ubuntu and probably all other distros.

ON the client (listens on port 9999):

Code:

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    line="$(ncat --recv-only --ssl --listen -p 9999)"
    notify-send -- "Received Message" "$line"
done
On the server:
Code:
echo "testing testing" | ncat $IPADDR 9999 --send-only --ssl -i 1
where $IPADDR is the ip address of the client, i is 1 ms interval (sends message and exits). ssl is optional, you can even make it o accept only specified certificates etc if you are paranoid.

jacobdabbelt 08-13-2012 02:05 AM
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