Is there a method of notifying users of a domain about a server or print queue reboot/shutdown/maintenance/problem? Our old Netware servers used to do this, and everyone seems to rely on the fact that they will be told they have X minutes remaining on a power failure, ect. Ideas on this anyone?
On 2/23/06, Mark Rutherford <mark@maunzelectronics.com> wrote:> Is there a method of notifying users of a domain about a server or print > queue reboot/shutdown/maintenance/problem? > Our old Netware servers used to do this, and everyone seems to rely on > the fact that they will be told they have X minutes > remaining on a power failure, ect.smbclient -M lets you send messages via the WinPopup / Messenger (not to be confused with Windows Messenger / MSN Messenger) service. You'll have to write a script to run it for each computer in your domain, AFAIK, and Messenger is disabled in XP SP 2, so you'll need to reenable it on any clients running that OS (and firewall the relevant ports off from the Internet to stop Messenger spam). Josh Kelley
why not looking smb faqs, there is much info and examples about that Mark Rutherford schrieb:> Is there a method of notifying users of a domain about a server or print > queue reboot/shutdown/maintenance/problem? > Our old Netware servers used to do this, and everyone seems to rely on > the fact that they will be told they have X minutes > remaining on a power failure, ect. > > Ideas on this anyone? >-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer robert_at_schetterer_dot_org Munich / Bavaria / Germany https://www.schetterer.org