Linux wall command won't broadcast strings
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Published on 2011-06-15T15:30:21Z
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I read here that this should work, but it doesn't:
//usage: wall [file]
root@sys:~> mesg
is y
root@sys:~> wall "who's out there"
wall: can't read who's out there.
If mesg
is set to y
, what's preventing me from broadcasting a string? Note, I did confirm that the file option works:
root@sys:~> wall test
Broadcast Message from root@sys (/dev/pts/1) at 15:23 ...
Who's out there?
Teach me knowledge please.
mjb
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