Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 145)

Multiple User Sessions
Page 4-35
Communicating with Other Users
If you want to send a message to another user, enter write followed by the user’s session
number. If you wanted to send a message to a user connected on the console port (session
0), you would enter
write 0
at the system prompt. The switch would then display
Enter message. (End with CTRL-D or 'exit')
Everything you type now will by sent to the user connected on the console port until you
press
CTRL-D or enter exit on a line by itself. Here is an example of the write command:
write 0
I need the write privilege
exit
The user receiving the message would see the following:
Message from user 'admin' on session 3.
I need the write privilege
End of message.
If you enter an invalid session number, the switch will display an error message. For exam-
ple, if you entered
write 1
at the system prompt and no user was connected through the modem port (session 1), the
switch would display
ERROR: Session 1 is an invalid session number.
Note
After you have received a message or after you have
written a message you must press the
<Enter> key to
regain the system prompt.
Deleting Other Sessions
If you are logged on as admin or diag , you can kill the session of another user. For example, if
you want the write privilege and you are logged on as diag or admin , you must end the
session of the user who currently has the write privilege with the kill command. The syntax
for the kill command is as follows:
kill [[-t <timeout>] -f] <session_number>
The session_number is assigned by the switch and can be displayed with the who command,
which is described in Listing Other Users on page 4-34. If you do not use the -f option, then
the system will wait until the other user presses <Enter> or finishes his current command. If
you do use this option, then the other user’s session will be terminated immediately.
The -t option can be used with the -f option to set the amount of time before the other user’s
session is terminated. See Advanced Kill Command Options on page 4-37 for descriptions of
the
-f and -t options.