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.\" @(#)mesg.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" Fri Mar 10 20:31:02 1995, modified for standard man macros,
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.TH MESG 1 "10 March 1995" "Linux 1.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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mesg \- display (do not display) messages from other users
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utility is invoked by a users to control write access others have to the
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terminal device associated with the standard error output. If write access
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is allowed, then programs such as
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may display messages on the terminal.
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Traditionally, write access is allowed by default. However, as users
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become more conscious of various security risks, there is a trend to remove
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write access by default, at least for the primary login shell. To make
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sure your ttys are set the way you want them to be set,
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should be executed in your login scripts.
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Permits messages to be displayed.
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If no arguments are given,
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displays the present message status to the standard error output.
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utility exits with one of the following values:
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Messages are not allowed.
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An error has occurred.
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command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
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The mesg command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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