Re: Root sending messages to users
On 17/06/2008, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
ehem, right, sorry.
cheers,
Owen.
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