How to implement Net Send in FC3?

newdude82_2000 · #1 4th January 2005, 08:05 PM

Hello Friends,

Can anybody tell me how can we implement the windows command net send in linux?? I want to send popup messages to windows users on my lan and also receive messages from them.

tbossert · #2 4th January 2005, 10:00 PM

using smbclient -M "message" seems to work well but I have not yet spent time on recieving messages

newdude82_2000 · #3 4th January 2005, 11:32 PM

When i use the command smbclient -M //ajit ...i get the error message -- Connection to //ajit failed . However when i use a perl script to "net send" him , it works fine. What could be the prob?

tbossert · #4 4th January 2005, 11:41 PM

I think you also have to use a switch for workgroup and give it the workgroup of the machine. Havent tried it in awhile but thats what I seem to remember

pparks1 · #5 6th January 2005, 03:47 PM

Just as an FYI:

With newer patches like SP2 for Windows XP, Microsoft is starting to disable the messenger service by default which is what netsend uses to complete the pop-up messages.

While I realize this isn't the problem you are having, you might want to look into some type of instant messenger like Jabber that would replace the use of the net send messages as they may fail to work down the line anyway. Just a thought.

newdude82_2000 · #6 6th January 2005, 07:39 PM

Hey thanx a lot ... smbclient -M hostname -W workgroup works fine on my lan

nimonehil · #7 23rd January 2005, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newdude82_2000

However when i use a perl script to "net send" him , it works fine. What could be the prob?

Hello, I'd like to send such popup messages, too. However, I dont like samba, so how did you net send with a perl script?

lindamus · #8 24th January 2005, 02:51 AM

the perl script is just a wrapper for the samba suite.

nimonehil · #9 26th January 2005, 08:18 PM

What a pity... I need to send some messages, but as I am not root I can't install Samba. Anyone who knows another possibility to send these Windows popup messages? If not Perl, maybe a simple c or c++ implementation?

jayemef · #10 26th January 2005, 09:42 PM

Whatever implementation, it would still need to use the smb protocol as far as I know.

Jman · #11 27th January 2005, 02:05 AM

There's even a graphical client, but it still requires Samba.

nimonehil · #12 27th January 2005, 06:57 PM

If anybody is interested - I found a solution. There is a module for perl I overlooked when I checked CPAN.
Seems like it reimplements parts of the smb protocol itself, as it works without Samba.
It is called Net::NetSend and available on CPAN.