AW: [Samba] Sending message to connected users ?

[Arno Seidel]

Hi Mike,

hm.... if you are good in Shell-Programming you could
write a script which excludes from the /var/lib/samba/browse.dat
(ascii-textfile)
the "active" pc´s and sends them a message.

regards
Arno

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org]Im Auftrag von
> Mike Stewart
> Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Mai 2004 11:57
> An: Samba
> Betreff: Re: [Samba] Sending message to connected users ?
>
>
> Thanks Arno... I'd looked at smbclient and completely missed that
> command !
>
> Seems to work OK for some of the users but strangely it can't resolve my
> PC's netbios name !  I'll need to check some other settings I suppose.
>
> Is there a way of sending to ALL users at once ?
>
> ATB
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arno Seidel" <aseidel at aseidel.com>
> To: "Samba" <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 10:25 AM
> Subject: AW: [Samba] Sending message to connected users ?
>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> there is a "simple" way for that.
> you can use the smbclient on your linux system.
>
> f.e. smbclient -M Computer
> sends a message to the PC with the netbiosname Computer.
>
>
> regards
> Arno
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-bounces+aseidel=aseidel.com at lists.samba.org]Im Auftrag von
> > Mike Stewart
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Mai 2004 10:54
> > An: Samba
> > Betreff: [Samba] Sending message to connected users ?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any simple way to send messages to all users who are
> > connected to my Samba server.
> >
> > I've just a basic fileserver setup  (in a workgroup not Domain)
> > all clients are using Win2k and mapping to shares.  I'd like to
> > be able to send them a "popup" message from the Linux console (or
> > my PC, or somewhere !) to let them know when I'm intending to
> > reboot the server !
> >
> > Slackware Linux (8.0)
> > Samba 2.2.8a
> >
> >
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