.\"{{{}}} .\"{{{ Title .TH MESG 1 "May 27, 1997" "" "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 or disallow other users to write to your terminal (see \fBwrite\fP(1)). .\"}}} .\"{{{ 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, \fBmesg\fP prints out the current access state of your terminal. .\"}}} .\"{{{ Author .SH AUTHOR Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl) .\"}}} .\"{{{ See also .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR talk (1), .BR write (1), .BR wall (1) .\"}}}