Dear all,
Is it possible to send the winpopup to windows client from RedHat Server
using samba? All I know about the windws client is its IP Address and nothing else

What do you mean when you say "sending the winpopup window" ? I know few things about Samba, but I guess that your Linux server is only able to act as a file server, or run Unix programs, so what do you mean by "windows popup"?

u want a local chatting? if u hav a samba server configured properly, u can use the command wall, rwall...

$smbclient -M machinename <ENTER>
Type message
Ctrl-D

try:

echo "You need to uninstall windows now" | smbclient -M windowspcname -U Administrator

(yay, u can fake the sender name. :P)

Dear all,
let me discribe my situation so that it will be clearer. We are an isp with all our servers on redhat. some times when users connect through dialup they have higher uplink rather than downlink - this is mostly due to virus in the users computer.

I need a way to send a short "popup" notifying "Virus Alert" to my dialup clients ( mostly windows ) through my linux server.

There is a way to do this by using samba command
# smbclient -M hostname

hostname is dialup client's computer name. The problem is there is no way to find out the computer name of the client's computer.

please suggest a way out.

nmblookup -A ip_address

this will give you the netbios name of the IP.

or just do a:

echo "test" | smbclient -M ip_address_of_dialup_client -U Administrator

to send a pop-up message.

dear born4linux

thank you . that was what i was looking for.

basanta