WazUp Joe? On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:29 PM, wrote: > > How can I echo a message to another computer on my wireless system? > Yes you can setup a nice centralized syslogd, syslog-ng or rsyslogd (depending on your distro) with each of the systems configured to send klogd messages to all hosts for instance in an emergency, or whatever you define. Further you can setup SSL encryption for the log messages in your local network (although this is really not required since your firewall is your bastion of trust). * What is your distro and version?* > > When I do a 'shutdown' it sends a notification message to every computer > on my system. What command or syntax could I use to send some other kind > of alert or message from one computer to another on the same network? > Examples of regular configuration: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch05_:_Troubleshooting_Linux_with_syslog http://www.softpanorama.org/Logs/syslog.shtml Other References: http://helpinlinux.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-configure-syslog-server-or.html http://linux.die.net/man/8/rsyslogd http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/rsyslog_tls.html http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Security/stunnel.htm > > > -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice **