NWMSG(8)nwmsgNWMSG(8)NAMEnwmsg - Deliver NetWare user broadcast messages
SYNOPSISnwmsg mount-point
DESCRIPTIONnwmsg is called by kerneld when a broadcast message arrives from a Net‐
Ware server. nwmsg fetches this message via the mount point and deliv‐
ers it to the user using the same way write(1) uses.
Please note that kerneld must run when broadcast messages should be
delivered to users.
NetWare servers can send asynchronous broadcast messages to users,
either on explicit request by another user, or when the server is shut‐
down. The client workstation is informed about this event by an IPX
packet on a special socket, the message socket.
This can happen at any time, so the user has to be informed about this
event whenever it appears. I chose to use the kerneld feature of the
Linux kernel to call the program nwmsg. For nwmsg, I used the relevant
parts of the write program, so you can expect the NetWare broadcast
messages to appear where user messages would appear.
SEE ALSOncpmount(8), kerneld(8), write(1)nwmsg 02/29/1996 NWMSG(8)