On Tuesday 09 of September 2008, Hal V. Engel wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 September 2008 09:25:13 am John Tapsell wrote:
> > 2008/9/9 Jason Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > I think the imaginary "xwall" won't work because each user has it's own
> > > X session.
> > >
> > > How possibly a program determine
notify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>
> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event (like a
> shutdown)?
use g-message (which relies on notify-send):
http://soleup.eup.uva.es/trac/browser/scripts/g-message
works here..
t
On Tuesday 09 September 2008 09:25:13 am John Tapsell wrote:
> 2008/9/9 Jason Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I think the imaginary "xwall" won't work because each user has it's own
> > X session.
> >
> > How possibly a program determine all running X sessions?
>
> KDE used to have a demon 'kwrited'
If you know the DISPLAY of all X sessions, then it should be very simple
with a script using zenity I guess.
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 09:56 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
> On Tue, September 9, 2008 9:36 am, Jason Kim wrote:
> > Is this only for single computer ? If then, why does people need to show
> >
On Tue, September 9, 2008 9:36 am, Jason Kim wrote:
> Is this only for single computer ? If then, why does people need to show
> message on same computer?
>
> I thought this is for multiple users using their own computer, and admin
> want to notify some messages to everybody.
Multiseat, XDMCP
Is this only for single computer ? If then, why does people need to show
message on same computer?
I thought this is for multiple users using their own computer, and admin
want to notify some messages to everybody.
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 17:25 +0100, John Tapsell wrote:
> 2008/9/9 Jason Kim <[EMA
On Tue, September 9, 2008 8:51 am, Bill Crawford wrote:
> On 09/09/2008, Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>> Because most of my users will not have a terminal session open.
>> Typically
>> they use a browser full-screen, so I need a popup to notify them.
>
> Spawn a sub-shell for each u
2008/9/9 Jason Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I think the imaginary "xwall" won't work because each user has it's own
> X session.
>
> How possibly a program determine all running X sessions?
KDE used to have a demon 'kwrited' that would simply listen for
'wall' messages and then display them to the
7; for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have to
>>>> mess with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>>>
>>>> So how does a sysadmin
ess
> >>> with xhost in each user's profile.
> >>>
> >>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
> >>>
> >>> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event
> >>> (like a
doesn't really work very well as I'd have to
>>> mess
>>>with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>
>>>I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>>
>>>So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impendi
On 09/09/2008, Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> Because most of my users will not have a terminal session open. Typically
> they use a browser full-screen, so I need a popup to notify them.
Spawn a sub-shell for each user, run "sudo -u $user zenity --warning
'about to reboot'" ... ? (i
>>>> of 'wall' for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have to
>>>> mess
>>>> with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>
quivalent
>>>> of 'wall' for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have
>>>> to
>>>> mess
>>>> with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>>
>>>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus securi
very well as I'd have to
>>> mess
>>> with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>
>>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>>
>>> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event
>
x27;t really work very well as I'd have to mess
>>> with xhost in each user's profile.
>>>
>>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>>
>>> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event (
mess
>>with xhost in each user's profile.
>>
>>I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>
>>So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event
>> (like a
>>shutdown)?
>>
> What is wrong with j
#x27;s profile.
>>
>> I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>>
>> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event (like a
>> shutdown)?
>>
> What is wrong with just using wall?
Does
at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
>
>So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event (like a
>shutdown)?
>
What is wrong with just using wall?
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into dbus security issues.
>
> So how does a sysadmin notify all users of an impending system event (like a
> shutdown)?
I think you are probably on roughly the right lines with libnotify, but
not the library itself, more the specification.
I guess some sort of event from hal or sim
How do I go about notifying all users? I am looking for an equivalent
of 'wall' for X. xmessage doesn't really work very well as I'd have to mess
with xhost in each user's profile.
I've looked at libnotify, but it runs into dbus security issues.
So how does a s
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