Re: Root sending messages to users

On 17/06/2008, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:41:50PM +1000, Owen Townend <owen.townend@xxxxxxxxx> was heard to say:

On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <crank@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > DC> The wife uses one computer, I use another. We are both connected to
> > DC> the internet via a router, as such we can SSH into one another's
> > DC> boxen. Is there a way to pop up a message on the wife's machine, by
> > DC> SSHing in and having root access. We both use KDE 3.x if it matters. I
> >
> > does no one use 'talk' anymore?
> >
> > lish "i never realized
> > crank@xxxxxxx ignoring him was an option." -sp
> >
> >
>
> Hey,
> Talking is a viable option, though less convenient depending on the
> distance between the computers. My brother and I used to chat over


I think he means talk(1).

Package: talk
State: not installed
Version: 0.17-13
Description: Chat with another user
Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
terminal to that of another user.

In order to talk locally, you will need to install the talkd package.



Daniel



ehem, right, sorry.

cheers,
Owen.


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