Re: Root sending messages to users

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

2008/6/17 Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@tamay-dogan.net>:
> From your machine you could do a:
>
>> ssh root wife-machine -c 'su - wife -c\"echo "I will kill your machine NOW! |xmessage -display :0.0 -file -\" && shutdown -r now'
>
> or:
>
>    apt-get install linpopup
>

Thanks. Linpopup doesn't quite fit the bill, but xmessage does. Well,
it would if it supported UTF-8...

Dotan Cohen

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