net send <name> <text> command?

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:52:53PM -0800, Don wrote:
> In Windows, I can use a "net send <machine-name> <text>" command to send a
> message to another machine on my network. The message is displayed in a
> pop-up message box on the recipient machine.
> 
> Is there an equivalent command in Linux? (Fedora?) I don't see anything like
> that under the various options for the "net" command. :-(

$ smbclient -M <machine-name>
<text>
^D

This will work when sending messages to win2k+ machines, or win9x machines
with winpopup running. For unix, samba needs to be running and configured
for the reception and display of those messages.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha