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diff --git a/net/rmsg/pkg-descr b/net/rmsg/pkg-descr index 0e3960d97c7d..04f6dafca0c9 100644 --- a/net/rmsg/pkg-descr +++ b/net/rmsg/pkg-descr @@ -1,49 +1,24 @@ -rmsg contains a messaging system which can be used to send -write-like messages to logged-on users. The system can cross machine -boundaries, so if another machine has the rmsgd program running, you can -send messages to users on it. - -The system also allows bitnet virtual machine-like 'virtual users' -to whom any user can send messages and they can answer the messages. -The rmsgd server makes this possible by allowing a command 'exec' in a users -.msgconf file, and whenever the user receives a message this command is -executed and the message is piped to it. - -It is also possible to log incoming and outgoing messages and resend previous -sent message. You can specify a file to which the last (or every) incoming -message will be stored. - -Using the programs: -------------------- - -Rmsgd: - -Rmsgd is the server program for the system. It should be started by root, -but for now it works even if started by ordinary users, even though -some capabilities are disabled for security reasons (that is, exec and -logging of incoming messages, since that would be done by the user-id -who started rmsgd and not the receiver). - -At any time, there should be only one rmsgd running. It doesn't do any harm -to have several rmsgds other than the newly-started servers unmap the -previous and thus the previous servers are unusable. - -The server should be named 'rmsgd' to have it start as a daemon. - - -Rmsg: - -Rmsg is the client end of the system. Rmsg is used by ordinary users -to send messages. For example, rmsg foo@bar hello there ! ^D would -send a message 'hello there !' to user foo at machine bar. By -default, rmsg stores the last outgoing message in the user's home -directory in the file .msgout. Then msg -r user@machine can be used -to resend the message. Message is normally read from standard input -until EOF. - -Configuration: --------------- - -The messages system has many options which the user can set by making -a file '.msgconf' in her home directory and placing various command in it. + The rmsg messaging system can be used to send write(1)-like messages to +logged-on users. The system can cross machine boundaries: if another machine +has rmsgd running, you can send messages to users on it. + The system allows bitnet virtual machine-like 'virtual users' to whom +any user can send messages and they can answer the messages. The rmsgd server +makes this possible by allowing a command 'exec' in a user's .msgconf file, and +whenever the user receives a message this command is executed and the message is +piped to it. + It is possible to log incoming and outgoing messages. You can specify a +file to which the last (or every) incoming message will be stored. + Rmsgd is the server daemon for the system. It should be started by +root, but for now it works even if started by ordinary users, even though some +capabilities are disabled for security reasons (that is, exec and logging of +incoming messages, since that would be done by the user-id who started rmsgd and +not the receiver). + The server should be named 'rmsgd' to have it start as a daemon. Rmsg +is the client end of the system. Rmsg is used by ordinary users to send +messages. For example, rmsg foo@bar hello there ! ^D would send a message +'hello there !' to user foo at machine bar. By default, rmsg stores the last +outgoing message in the user's home directory in the file .msgout. Then msg -r +user@machine can be used to resend the message. Messages are normally read from +standard input until EOF. + There are many options which can be set in a user's ~/.msgconf' file. Read the manual page for rmsg for more information. |