Send popup messages to Windows users

Dec 11, '03 10:25:00AM

Contributed by: waffffffle

A nifty trick to make messages pop up on the screens of Windows users on your network. Just type the following into the terminal:

 smbclient -M NETBIOSNAME -U FROMNAME 
The -U FROMNAME part is optional but it adds a nice touch to the message. The NETBIOSNAME is just that. It is NOT the DNS name of the computer (although on some networks it can be). After you make a connection you type your message, press return and then control-D. It will immediately appear on the screen of your targeted Windows user. The advantage to doing this from a Mac (or other *nix box) as opposed to a Windows PC is that you can specify the "from" user, which I don't *think* you can do from Windows. Please use responsibly.

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