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Thread: Xubuntu terminal and write all (wall) permissions

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i having bit of problem xubuntu's terminal (11.10x64, terminal 0.4.8). when issue command 'shutdown -h 15:00', i'd expect computer shutdown @ 15:00 (which does), i'd expect send out system broadcast message sessions every 15 minutes or mentioning system going down shutdown soon. oddly, message doesn't appear, not in session ran shutdown command.

did digging , seems shutdown uses wall send these messages out. looking deeper, noticed each terminal can have write access turned off through mesg command. checked, however, , seems mesg returns 'y' terminals. further, disabling mesg doesn't disable root's ability write terminal. further testing (using wall manually root , not) confirms no sessions wall messages.

edit: wrote 11.04 because i'm idiot. fixed 11.10

so, guess hoping had clue why writes failing this.

i can confirm i'm seeing same issue on xubuntu 11.10 install. interesting if go tty1 , log in there, see/receive wall messages.

think might related bug filed while lightdm not registering logins (see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...dm/+bug/870297). if run w, who, or last, doesn't seem record current graphical login (but if log tty terminal). being case, i'm wondering whether wall doesn't know there session send message to.


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