Re: Root sending messages to users
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:41:50PM +1000, Owen Townend <owen.townend@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> On 17 Jun 2008 04:01:26 GMT, i'll teach you to turn away. <crank@got.net> wrote:
> > Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> 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@got.net 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
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