PDA

Click to See Complete Forum and Search --> : Winpopup for Linux?

Wallex
10-13-2002, 11:05 PM
I have a small LAN at home (one Linux box and two Windows ones), and it's not that I am extremely lazy to walk all the way to the other pcs to talk to my brothers, but it becomes highly annoying when one of us (the one connected to the net) gets disconnected and the others have no way of finding out until they get a 'timeout' in their IM programs. So.. I was wondering if there was any way to keep a communication channel between our pc's like we used to keep with winpopup for windows? It doesn't has to be winpopup... it can be any program, the fact is that I want a program to let us send messages between the boxes even if we are not connected to the net, that's the important part.
2damncommon
10-14-2002, 01:09 AM
Maybe the other 2 could ssh into the Linux box and run ytalk in a terminal?
jon787
10-14-2002, 01:23 AM
Well you could run your own jabber server on one of the machines and just connect to that.

or you could just load smbclient onto the linux box I believe that can send winpopup messages
furrycat
10-14-2002, 02:32 AM
Search [fm] (http://freshmeat.net/) for LinPopup. Or read the samba documentation for details on how to send messages using smbclient.
Wallex
10-14-2002, 09:16 AM
I think I'll go Linpopup... sounds easy enough to use. I don't wanna be instructing my brother on how to use ssh when I myself don't know how to use it... and running my own service.. well, they all sound mighty effective methods.. but why bother with all that when instead I can go the easy way? Yeah I am feeling lazy this morning.
2damncommon
10-14-2002, 08:54 PM
If Linpopup sounds easier, go for it.
You could use telnet instead but it is not common to advise anyone to do this.
You would need to have either the telnet or ssh server (telnetd or sshd) on the Linux box. They would need user accounts to log into. You would probably be able to do local mail also. And they could use text programs from telnet or ssh.
They would be able to login with either 'telnet your address' or use windows ssh software (putty?). From Linux it's 'ssh -l username address'
ssh is more secure and is generally the same as telnet to use. ytalk is supposed to allow multiple connections VIA terminal for messaging.
Have Fun