How do you broadcast a message?

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: How do you broadcast a message?
From: William Jensen <jensenb@bodach.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:05:28 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 20010411130528.A1559@bodach.org>
Reply-to: jensenb@charter.net

Greetings,

When you issue the reboot command the system does a system wide message
saying the machine is rebooting NOW.  How would I send a message to all
the people that are on the system?  I assume this would need to be done
as root?

Thanks,

Bill

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