Write to another users terminal session
You can login to a terminal and message other logged in users.
First turn on messaging,
$ mesg y
Then execute the w or who command and get the
# w
03:26:26 up 69 days, 1:48, 8 users, load average: 0.47, 0.42, 0.37
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
joefoobar pts/1 gabe:S.1 11Apr10 1:46 0.76s 0.76s /bin/bash
mike pts/2 gabe:S.2 11Apr10 1:23m 0.96s 0.96s /bin/bash
sally pts/3 gabe:S.3 11Apr10 1:23m 11.15s 11.15s -bash
xar2d pts/4 gabe:S.4 11Apr10 12:49 3.80s 3.80s -bash
dwarflor pts/5 gabe:S.5 11Apr10 2:35 8.46s 8.46s -bash
monogo pts/6 gabe:S.6 11Apr10 0.00s 2.17s 2.13s -bash
partygirl pts/8 gabe:S.8 11Apr10 1:27m 6.84s 6.34s mysql -u root -
messybabe pts/9 gabe:S.9 11Apr10 2days 0.85s 0.43s /bin/bash
03:26:26 up 69 days, 1:48, 8 users, load average: 0.47, 0.42, 0.37
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
joefoobar pts/1 gabe:S.1 11Apr10 1:46 0.76s 0.76s /bin/bash
mike pts/2 gabe:S.2 11Apr10 1:23m 0.96s 0.96s /bin/bash
sally pts/3 gabe:S.3 11Apr10 1:23m 11.15s 11.15s -bash
xar2d pts/4 gabe:S.4 11Apr10 12:49 3.80s 3.80s -bash
dwarflor pts/5 gabe:S.5 11Apr10 2:35 8.46s 8.46s -bash
monogo pts/6 gabe:S.6 11Apr10 0.00s 2.17s 2.13s -bash
partygirl pts/8 gabe:S.8 11Apr10 1:27m 6.84s 6.34s mysql -u root -
messybabe pts/9 gabe:S.9 11Apr10 2days 0.85s 0.43s /bin/bash
Say you want to message sally. Her TTY is pts/3, so issue this command,
$ write sally pts/3
Then you can start typing messages to that user. Enjoy and use wisely.
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