RMSGD(8)

NAME
rmsgd - The server program for an intermachine messaging system

SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/lib/rmsgd

DESCRIPTION
Rmsgd is the server for the rmsg intermachine messaging system. It is usually started from rc(8).

CONFIGURATION
The behaviour of the rmsg system can be controlled in many ways by creating a file called .msgconf in the user's home directory. See rmsg(1) for documentation of the format of the .msgconf file. Note also that the server can be started by a non-root user but the commands inlast, inappend, and exec are disabled because rmsgd can't set its userid to the appropriate value.

AUTHOR
Jyrki Kuoppala <jkp@hutcs.hut.fi>, Helsinki University of Technology

FILES
~/.msgconf    the rmsg configuration file
~/.msgout    last sent message
/etc/utmp    for finding out logged on users
/dev/tty*    for writing to users' ttys

SEE ALSO
rmsg(1), write(1)