From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 02:43:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA02605 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:43:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02600 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:43:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA26977; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 04:42:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980830044211.25893@futuresouth.com> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 04:42:11 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Jason McKay Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sending Mail to All Users References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: ; from Jason McKay on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 05:51:17PM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Questions like this should go to -questions, not to -isp generally. I understand your thrust here, but still. On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 05:51:17PM +0800, Jason McKay woke me up to tell me: > > Hello, > > I urgently need to send a message to all users on my FreeBSD system. I > understand there is a way using aliases, and a script that makes up a > listing of all users. > > How do I setup this up? Um, how about: # cd /home # pine * *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message