Private talk via terminal in Solaris
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From: chris on 6 May 2008 15:02 Hi, Is there a way to create a private communicate to another user through a terminal? I know wall command can broadcast the msg, but everyone on a terminal will see it. I never try "talk" command & don't know exactly how it works, and I think there is a way to do a 2-way communication on a terminal. Any suggestions/ideas are appreciated. # who oracle pts/1 May 5 10:33 (MrA.abc.com) root pts/2 May 5 10:40 (MrB.abc.com) TIA, -Chris
From: h.stroph on 6 May 2008 15:31 In news:6e843ef7-1c9f-45d6-91b1-818224f30116(a)i36g2000prf.googlegroups.com, chris <lazyboy_2k(a)yahoo.com> typed: > I never try "talk" command & don't know exactly how it works, ... man talk
From: Theo v. Werkhoven on 6 May 2008 17:39
The carbonbased lifeform chris inspired comp.unix.shell with: > Hi, > > Is there a way to create a private communicate to another user through > a terminal? I know wall command can broadcast the msg, but everyone > on a terminal will see it. I never try "talk" command & don't know > exactly how it works, and I think there is a way to do a 2-way > communication on a terminal. Any suggestions/ideas are appreciated. The one-2-one version of wall is write(1) > # who > > oracle pts/1 May 5 10:33 (MrA.abc.com) > root pts/2 May 5 10:40 (MrB.abc.com) So for you as root that would be 'write oracle' or 'write oracle pts/1' if the user is logged in more than once. The addressed user needs to run his own write to reply, so user oracle would do 'write root pts/2' End communication with ^D from both sides. Talk is more like IM, but it needs a talkd daemon afaik, and it's less generally available than write. If a user doesn't want to be disturbed, he can use 'mesg n' to disable write or talk from writing on his terminal. Theo -- theo at van-werkhoven.nl ICQ:277217131 SuSE Linux linuxcounter.org: 99872 Jabber:muadib at jabber.xs4all.nl AMD XP3000+ 1024MB "ik _heb_ niets tegen Microsoft, ik heb iets tegen de uitwassen *van* Microsoft" |