2016-02-15 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] broadcast message

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From: Timothy White <ti***8@gmail.com>
Message Hash: 475206e22773e0b292246fa2f5db326dd75ab0d3d7c8a81330448d07fc3da67d
Message ID: <CAESLx0Jqrk8+bZXoMeFCR_-YEGU45cUuavy=anbRr4Wk-O14Pg@mail.gmail.com>
Reply To: <56B2A095.3000209@neon-john.com>
UTC Datetime: 2016-02-15 04:23:24 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:23:24 +1000

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Hi John

There isn't any way I can think of for doing a broadcast message. Assuming
everyone keeps the status window open, we could probably implement
something there. Alternatively, we could put an alerts message on the login
page, but that wouldn't be seen unless they were trying to login.

In the future, we might collect email address, in which case an email to
everyone would also work.

Regarding Desktop vs Server edition. The main issue with Desktop is Network
Manager can sometimes screw with the network settings. As long as you get
the network config right in /etc/network/interfaces, you should be fine.

Regards

Tim

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:51 AM, NeonJohn <jg***d@neon-john.com> wrote:

> I don't know if this is even possible but a feature that would be nice
> would be to be able to send out a broadcast message to everyone logged
> in.  Like the Unix write(1) command.
>
> I'd like to, for example, be able to warn everyone when the satellite
> bandwidth is getting tight.
>
> A useful alternative might be to have an email address stored in each
> user's record (maybe you already do that; I haven't upgraded yet) and
> add a facility to send a message to every email address.
>
> Changing subjects, earlier you recommended when I upgrade Ubuntu to use
> the server version.  I really need to have the desktop version on this
> machine, as it serves as my lab machine on occasion.  The current
> version of Grase is running on 12.04 desktop without any problems.
>
> Any problems that I should expect with the desktop?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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