nwmsg - Deliver NetWare user broadcast messages


SYNOPSIS

       nwmsg mount-point


DESCRIPTION

       nwmsg  is  called  by  kerneld  when  a  broadcast message
       arrives from a NetWare server.  nwmsg fetches this message
       via  the mount point and delivers it to the user using the
       same way write(1) uses.

       Please note that kerneld must run when broadcast  messages
       should be delivered to users.

       NetWare  servers  can send asynchronous broadcast messages
       to users, either on explicit request by another  user,  or
       when  the  server  is  shutdown. The client workstation is
       informed about this event by an IPX packet  on  a  special
       socket, the message socket.

       This  can  happen  at  any  time,  so  the  user has to be
       informed about this event whenever it appears. I chose  to
       use  the  kerneld  feature of the Linux kernel to call the
       program nwmsg. For nwmsg, I used the relevant parts of the
       write  program,  so  you  can expect the NetWare broadcast
       messages to appear where user messages would appear.


SEE ALSO

       ncpmount(8), kerneld(8), write(1)


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