33 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
33 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
.TH NWMSG 8 02/29/1996 nwmsg nwmsg
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.SH NAME
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nwmsg \- Deliver NetWare user broadcast messages
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B nwmsg
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.I mount-point
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B nwmsg
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is called by kerneld when a broadcast message arrives from a NetWare
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server.
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.B nwmsg
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fetches this message via the mount point and delivers it to
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the user using the same way write(1) uses.
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Please note that
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.I kerneld
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must run when broadcast messages should be delivered to users.
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NetWare servers can send asynchronous broadcast messages to users,
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either on explicit request by another user, or when the server is
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shutdown. The client workstation is informed about this event by an
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IPX packet on a special socket, the message socket.
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This can happen at any time, so the user has to be informed about this
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event whenever it appears. I chose to use the kerneld feature of the
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Linux kernel to call the program nwmsg. For nwmsg, I used the relevant
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parts of the
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.I write
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program, so you can expect the NetWare broadcast
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messages to appear where user messages would appear.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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ncpmount(8), kerneld(8), write(1) |