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[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 07:57 -0600, Ben Duncan wrote:
> Ok, this deals with an AIX box, but the script should run for/on
> my LINUX users as well.
> 
> I need to "interrupt" telnet users with a message.
> This means, saving their screen, writing a message, having
> them acknowledge it somehow and the resuming their screen
> image.
> 
> I can pretty much get to the point where I have all the user ID's
> and pts/x 's in a list in the script, now which "write" command can
> do that ?

The 'talk' program? 

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Roger Oberholtzer
OPQ Systems AB