Tknwmsg 1.0 for NCPFS. Kevin Burton (kburto1@umbc.edu), Copyright 1996 Distributed under GPL (GNU Public License) -- INTRO -- Tknwmesg is a extension for ncpfs for linux that allows users to recived messages while under an X console. Essentially it is an extension for nwmsg that comes with ncpfs. The only changes are a system() call to a tk script that will run a dialog with an "ok" button under X. -- INSTALLATION -- TCL/TK must be installed on your system. If they are not then you will have to get the source for their installation if you want to run tkmesg. - Download ncpfs from sunsite.unc.edu - Run "su" to become root if you are not already root. - Unpack ncpfs in a temporary directory. - copy the Tknwmsg nwmsg.c to util/nwmsg.c in your ncpfs directory. - copy tknwmsg to /usr/bin - change to your nwmsg directory. - run "make all;make install" and the new version of tknwmsg will be installed. -- USE -- - At least 1 terminal on the local system must be have "mesg y". Else no GUI dialog will be displayed. Using mesg y in a .bashrc will not work. The only way that I have found to do this is to have chmod a+w /dev/ttyp? in Xsession or $HOME/.xsession. Also it may be necessary to have .bashrc do the same thing if users are starting and stopping xterms.