[Samba] ShowMessage (second attempt)

[Dan Shadix]

smbclient -M from SAMBA server or "net send" from a Windows box.

man smbclient for more info.



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "A.J.Dawson" <A.J.Dawson at Bradford.ac.uk>
Date:  Wed, 21 May 2003 16:36:35 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)

>Do you know whether there is any way for me to use some sort of command
>line tool to send messages only?  I am only interested in sending messages
>from the Samba server, not receiving them on the server at all.
>
>Ideally I'd prefer not to use a GUI tool as that involves leaving
>X-Windows running all the time on the server - I usually boot it only as
>far as text mode.
>
>Regards
>Andy
>
>
>On Wed, 21 May 2003, Dan Shadix wrote:
>
>> Googling for winpopup linux gives at least two possibilities, LinPopUp and Kpopup.  You'll have to have winpopup running on Win9x, and (I believe) the messenger service on NT4, 2K, XP.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "A.J.Dawson" <A.J.Dawson at Bradford.ac.uk>
>> Date:  Wed, 21 May 2003 09:07:31 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
>>
>> >I could also *really* do to use this feature now and again!
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >
>> >Dr. Andy Dawson
>> >A.J.Dawson at Bradford.ac.uk
>> >http://www.mossie.org
>> >http://www.museum-explorer.org.uk
>> >
>> > Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
>> >
>> >
>> >On Tue, 20 May 2003, Nicholas Metsovon wrote:
>> >
>> >> Surely someone out there knows how to notify their
>> >> Windows users that access to their samba server is
>> >> going to be terminated....
>> >>
>> >> Any help will be *greatly* appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> ------ Original Message -------
>> >> I would like to shut down samba before I begin my
>> >> backup routine.  Before I do this, I would like to
>> >> send a message to the users who are logged in on their
>> >> Windows machines, asking them to log out.  I would
>> >> prefer this to be like a ShowMessage dialog box, if
>> >> possible.
>> >>
>> >> Could anyone please tell me how I can do this?  A
>> >> Redhat tech support specialist told me he thinks this
>> >> is possible through samba or smb-client.
>> >>
>> >>
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>
>Dr. Andy Dawson
>A.J.Dawson at Bradford.ac.uk
>http://www.mossie.org
>http://www.museum-explorer.org.uk
>
> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
>
>