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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