[Samba] Pop-up messages to domain members?
Anders Norrbring
anders at norrbring.biz
Thu Feb 12 20:52:19 GMT 2004
>
> > Is it possible to send a pop-up message to all connected Windows
> > stations in a
> > whole domain via one command, or is it necessary to send one
> > message per
> > command to each station?
>
> PER HELP on Windows XP...
>
> Net send
>
> Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the
> network. The Messenger service must be running to receive
> messages.
>
> net send {name | * | /domain[:name] | /users} message
>
> Parameters
>
> name
>
> Specifies the user name, computer name, or messaging name to send
> the message to. If the name is a computer name that contains blank
> characters, enclose the alias in quotation marks (" "). Long user
> names may lead to problems when used as NetBIOS names. NetBIOS
> names are limited to 16 characters, and Windows 2000 reserves the
> 16th character.
>
> *
>
> Sends the message to all the names in your domain or workgroup.
>
> /domain[:name]
>
> Sends the message to all the names in the computer's domain. If name
> is specified, the message is sent to all the names in the specified
> domain or workgroup.
>
> /users
>
> Sends the message to all users connected to the server.
>
> message
>
> Specifies text to be sent as a message.
Well, I knew that.. But I need to do it from a linux server, not a Windows
machine. I.e. from linux to all connected Win workstations.
Anders.
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