Linux wall command won't broadcast strings
- by mjb
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