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09-23-2004, 02:41 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Bucharest
Distribution: Debian Sarge, Slackware Current, Ubuntu
Posts: 183
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what is the equivalent of net send in linux ?
When I'm in Windows I can send a certain user or computer a message using net send computer_name message. How can I do this in Linux ?
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09-23-2004, 03:09 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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You should type man wall into a console and read up on that tool.
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09-23-2004, 03:20 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Texas, USA
Distribution: Fedora
Posts: 620
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[scowles@voyager log]$ smbclient -M hostname
Connected. Type your message, ending it with a Control-D
This is a test message.
sent 17 bytes
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09-23-2004, 04:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10 (2.6.7)
Posts: 27
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Another suggestion, if its linux-to-linux, check out talkd
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09-23-2004, 04:52 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Bucharest
Distribution: Debian Sarge, Slackware Current, Ubuntu
Posts: 183
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thanks, smbclient -M was what I needed. Do you know, if a Linux box can receive a message from a Windows box ? if a give the command form the Windows box: net send linux_box message ?
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09-23-2004, 06:16 PM
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Registered: Aug 2002
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