[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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