NAME
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)