Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:44:17 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: "Aslak Evang" <nyogtha@flipp.net>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mail to all users on a system (from root) Message-ID: <200304131444.17255.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <007a01c301b8$c329c290$3800000a@LAPDANCE> References: <007a01c301b8$c329c290$3800000a@LAPDANCE>
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On Sunday 13 April 2003 14:32, someone, possibly Aslak Evang, typed: > I've searched for ways for root to email all users on a system. The only > easy solution I found included making a shellscript and setting it as an > alias for "everybody". Problem was that in the script you had to insert > all your users manually. > Does anybody know of other methods for sending announcements to all > users on a system? Could have done it with MOTD but few of them actually > log-in. Most just read mail. > > suggestions? > > - Aslak If all of the users you want to get the announcement have home directories, there's a really easy way to do this. Write a shell script that makes a list of users from the output of ls /home Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net
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