.\"{{{}}} .\"{{{ Title .TH MESG 1 "May 13, 1993" "" "Linux User's Manual" .\"}}} .\"{{{ Name .SH NAME mesg \- control write access to your terminal .\"}}} .\"{{{ Synopsis .SH SYNOPSIS .B mesg .RB [ y | n ] .\"}}} .\"{{{ Description .SH DESCRIPTION .B Mesg controls the access to your terminal by others. It's typically used to allow/disallow others users to \fIwrite(1)\fP to your terminal. .\"}}} .\"{{{ Options .SH OPTIONS .IP \fBy\fP Allow write access to your terminal. .IP \fBn\fP Disallow write access to your terminal. .PP If no option is given, mesg prints out the current access state of your terminal. .\"}}} .\"{{{ Author .SH AUTHOR Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl) .\"}}} .\"{{{ See also .SH "SEE ALSO" talk(1), write(1), wall(1) .\"}}}