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Old 11-08-2007
Pop up dialog box on remote computers

I need to send out messages to over 100 clients in my sector. I want it to pop up a dialog box letting them know to save work and log out. I have the reboot script created just need the warning please. Thanks
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Old 11-08-2007
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Originally Posted by deaconf19
I want it to pop up a dialog box letting them know to save work and log out.
What terminals, user interfaces, or client programs are they using?

What work would they have open?
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Old 11-08-2007
There are many commands like wall, write, and talk. Wall is the default command use to send broadcast message to unix user.
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Old 11-08-2007
The software that they are using is military software. Thanks i was unsure if there was something else besides wall to use. if i use wall will that show a pop up box?
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Old 11-08-2007
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Originally Posted by deaconf19
The software that they are using is military software.
That tells us nothing.

Quote:
Originally Posted by deaconf19
if i use wall will that show a pop up box?
Popup a box on what?

Wall just writes a message to logged on terminals.
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Old 11-08-2007
ok sorry to be more specific. I am running solaris 9 on sunblade 1500. I need a pop up box with an ok radial on it like on windows that states the system is going down when a system amdinistrator sends the shutdown command to the remote box. the software that the operators are using has no part in this dialog box. I want solaris 9 OS to handle the dialog box. does that make sense a little bit? if not sorry


ie.
This System will be going down for maintenance in 30 seconds please save all work and press ok.
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Old 11-08-2007
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Originally Posted by deaconf19
I need to send out messages to over 100 clients in my sector.
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I want solaris 9 OS to handle the dialog box. does that make sense a little bit?
Are the clients using X-terminals?
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