1NWMSG(8)                             nwmsg                            NWMSG(8)
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NAME

6       nwmsg - Deliver NetWare user broadcast messages
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SYNOPSIS

9       nwmsg mount-point
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DESCRIPTION

12       nwmsg is called by kerneld when a broadcast message arrives from a Net‐
13       Ware server.  nwmsg fetches this message via the mount point and deliv‐
14       ers it to the user using the same way write(1) uses.
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16       Please  note  that  kerneld  must run when broadcast messages should be
17       delivered to users.
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19       NetWare servers can send  asynchronous  broadcast  messages  to  users,
20       either on explicit request by another user, or when the server is shut‐
21       down. The client workstation is informed about this  event  by  an  IPX
22       packet on a special socket, the message socket.
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24       This  can happen at any time, so the user has to be informed about this
25       event whenever it appears. I chose to use the kerneld  feature  of  the
26       Linux  kernel to call the program nwmsg. For nwmsg, I used the relevant
27       parts of the write program, so you can  expect  the  NetWare  broadcast
28       messages to appear where user messages would appear.
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SEE ALSO

32       ncpmount(8), kerneld(8), write(1)
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36nwmsg                             02/29/1996                          NWMSG(8)
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