Re: Posting a message on all desktops
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:59:13 -0500
ken <gebser@mousecar.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way for a system admin to post a message on the desktops of all the machines on a LAN ?
> If all the desktops are just terminals (text), you could use "wall".
> But they're probably not. (?)
No, they are all GUI
> You could put the desired announcement in /etc/motd and they would see
> it when they log in.
Need the post to appear immediately, not when they log in
> But I'm going to guess everyone is running GUIs on their desktops and
> you don't want to write code, so all I can think of-- and what we've
> done at every place I've worked-- is just to send everyone an email.
No good, since they will only get the message if/when they open their MUA.
I was thinking of something like a gxmessage posted simultaneously on all the GUIs...
Cheers,
Ron.
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