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Re: [LUG] Network Messaging

 

Simon Williams wrote:
> Richard Brown wrote:
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> Does anybody know of a network messaging system that can be managed on
>> a Linux or Mac box and send messages to Windows users please? Thanks.
> 
> You could enable the Windows popup message box system!
> (erm, no)

And if they did have it enabled "man smbclient" and option "-M" does the
trick.

Samba sucks, but I'm never sure how much it is Samba's fault, and how
much it is the stuff it is trying to talk to.

I demoted a domain controller today (1 of 3) - seems life is better if
you reboot all the clients of the domain (not just members) after doing
this. Just hit the main power switch on the building - it's the
Microsoft way.

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