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Re: wall messaging on KDE



On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:45:25PM +0530, guharaja@softhome.net wrote:
> 'wall' is a *NIX command used to post messages to screens of all 
> logged-in users.  It is commonly used to notify all current users of 
> eminent shutdowns.
> 
> I need a means to also notify users running KDE.  I am not sure how this 
> can be enabled in KDE or perhaps in X.

Kcontrol / KDE Components / Service Manager.  Enable kwrite daemon
(which is for trapping "write" and "wall" output, nothing to do with
the kwrite editor !)

Nick



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