On Tuesday 06 April 2004 07:36, you wrote: > I want to send a brief "message" to a "computername" using a command like > "net send"
Now that I understand what it is that you want. :-) Assuming that you have a local DNS of some sort running and that kde is the Desktop Environment. Ensure that the kalarm and kalarmd are running. Ensure that access to the receiver computer's display is allowed for the sender. on receiver's console / xterm type:- xhost + sender to allow sender access to receiver's display on sender's console / xterm type:- kalarm "Time for Tea" -display=receiver:0.0 Bright red popup window will appear on receiver's display with message in it. No need to fuddle around with smb. Unix has window networking built in. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
