21 Mar
2004
21 Mar
'04
8:17 p.m.
Crap, sorry about that last message... "Karl Hiramoto" <karl@hiramoto.org> writes:
wall works, but you have to be root.
Perhaps they default mesg to n? try mesg y.
From the man page:
The mesg utility is invoked by a users to control write access others have to the terminal device associated with the standard error output. Write access is allowed by default, and programs such as talk(1) and write(1) may display messages on the terminal. Options available: n Disallows messages. y Permits messages to be displayed. -- Josh Huber