UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

im baffled myself... here is the email for the UNIX admin at my school. if he cant answer this question no one can. feel free to tell him that i sent you to him for his expertese, his name is Paul Mazza III he is a UNIX god. tell him Jeremy Hoffman told you to ask him, i do enough favors for him and his online learning classes that he should help you. [email address removed]. sorry but i personally cant think of why its not working. are you running apache?

Thank you for the info and all of your help! I will surely ask him. And yes, I am running Apache.

so let me get the grip here

the termanal looks like its logging in but its not, you can send a write or talk message from one machine to the other but you cant view the files on the server

last things i can think of

check the httpd.conf file for any errors
check the logs.

your very welcome for the help, im learning myself. make sure you ask paul nicely as he is very christian oriented. if he asks for some reason how you know me just tell him from a unix forum. that will make him happy, btw( dont mention that i told you i help him)

Well the terminals don't use Apache, I just have it installed. They should connect with the TERM sub system (i'm guessing). There is a way you can send, for example, the time to the terminals. I tried such small tests as this but none worked... But this is the way it seems when all users login there is a new "terminal connection" established (or something). That is why when you send the 'halt' command as root, it says that system broadcast message to all terminals.

Dont' worry, I asked very politely and didn't say you helped him.

Thanks a bunch!

w/o a unique mac or ip it must think that its all the same computer. hence sending it to all at the same time. good luck, paul might not reply for a couple of days, class doesnt start back untill mondy so you might get some advice from others on here first.

sorry i couldnt help more. if its connected to a windows machine also by chance try using ssh terminal for windows and see what happens.

my buddy tony is also pretty good with this stuff, shoot him a mail and tell him i sent you [email address removed]

bye for now

Ok, thanks for all your help. I'll talk to you later!

jhoffman - Please review the rules - E-mail addresses are not permitted within postings on these boards. These boards are designed to allow information to flow and form a knowledge base for the benefit of all - not for encouraging private emailing between posters and their friends/tutors.

I have removed the email addresses from this thread.

Thanks,
ZB