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39 | .TH MESG 1 "10 March 1995" "Linux 1.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual" | |
6dbe3af9 | 40 | .SH NAME |
726f69e2 | 41 | mesg \- display (do not display) messages from other users |
6dbe3af9 | 42 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
726f69e2 | 43 | .B mesg [ n ] [ y ] |
6dbe3af9 | 44 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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45 | The |
46 | .B mesg | |
47 | utility is invoked by a users to control write access others have to the | |
48 | terminal device associated with the standard error output. If write access | |
49 | is allowed, then programs such as | |
50 | .BR talk (1) | |
51 | and | |
52 | .BR write (1) | |
53 | may display messages on the terminal. | |
54 | .PP | |
55 | Traditionally, write access is allowed by default. However, as users | |
56 | become more conscious of various security risks, there is a trend to remove | |
57 | write access by default, at least for the primary login shell. To make | |
58 | sure your ttys are set the way you want them to be set, | |
59 | .B mesg | |
60 | should be executed in your login scripts. | |
61 | .PP | |
62 | Options available: | |
63 | .TP | |
64 | .B n | |
65 | Disallows messages. | |
66 | .TP | |
67 | .B y | |
68 | Permits messages to be displayed. | |
69 | .PP | |
70 | If no arguments are given, | |
71 | .B mesg | |
72 | displays the present message status to the standard error output. | |
73 | .PP | |
74 | The | |
75 | .B mesg | |
76 | utility exits with one of the following values: | |
77 | .TP | |
78 | .I "\ 0" | |
79 | Messages are allowed. | |
80 | .TP | |
81 | .I "\ 1" | |
82 | Messages are not allowed. | |
83 | .TP | |
84 | .I "\>1" | |
85 | An error has occurred. | |
86 | .SH FILES | |
87 | .I /dev/[pt]ty[pq]? | |
88 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
89 | .BR biff (1), | |
90 | .BR talk (1), | |
91 | .BR write (1), | |
92 | .BR wall (1), | |
93 | .BR login (1), | |
94 | .BR xterm (1) | |
95 | .SH HISTORY | |
96 | A | |
97 | .B mesg | |
98 | command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. | |
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100 | .SH AVAILABILITY | |
101 | The mesg command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from | |
102 | ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/. |