LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 11-20-2008, 03:13 PM   #1
mjg82
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
Broadcasting messages to others while hiding sender


I'm familiar with wall, write, and the like, but is there a way to use any of those tools to send a message to a person logged into a machine without showing who the sender is? Wall -n will work, but you have to be root to use that. Is there a way to do it without root access?
 
Old 11-20-2008, 03:58 PM   #2
MensaWater
LQ Guru
 
Registered: May 2005
Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Distribution: Redhat (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora, CoreOS, Debian, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, SCO
Posts: 7,831
Blog Entries: 15

Rep: Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669Reputation: 1669
This question deserves no answer.

The only possible reason to do this is to annoy other users.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Hiding all boot messages TheBeli Linux - General 10 03-12-2008 09:07 AM
sendmail forwarded messages to preserve original sender paranoid times Linux - Software 1 06-27-2007 02:24 PM
Hiding Kernel Boot Messages xmess7 Linux - Kernel 11 08-02-2006 02:28 AM
Hiding boot messages jattreadwell Linux - General 3 06-21-2003 01:46 PM
Broadcasting Server Messages to the network. mikeyt_333 General 3 06-13-2002 07:55 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:26 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration