Recieving Winpop Up Messages For Other Users

[iddwb]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Shaun Lipscombe wrote:

> Is it possible for win pop up messages for root to go to
> 
> A) multiple people

yes..

> B) redirect to another person (on a normal account)

yes.

> 
> The smbclient command allows a -U option but doesn't allow a 'reply
> to' option should any reply not be wanted to go back to the user
> specified in the -U command.

in the smb.conf you can choose what to do with a netbios message.  I took
them and used logger to send them to syslog.  From there you can do
anything -- including mailing them, forwarding them to other machines,
etc.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Shaun
> 
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David Bear
College of Public Programs/ASU