redhat man page for nwmsg

NWMSG(8)							       nwmsg								  NWMSG(8)

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  shut-
       down. 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)

nwmsg								    02/29/1996								  NWMSG(8)