FreeBSD India

You can use utility smbclient (part of samba server) to send a message to windows system from FreeBSD. This command lets you send messages to windows workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares. Genral syntax of to send a message is as follows:

smbclient -M < Message
Message
…
..
…
When the message is complete, press Control-D.

1) To send a message “Meeting cancelled” to windows system called xp1

$ smbclient -M xp1 < Conference cancelled
See you at home in 2 hrs.
–Funtoosh
EOF

2) With –U you can specify the username.
$ smbclient -M xp1 -U Funtoosh < Conference cancelled
See you at home in 2 hrs.
EOF

Read man page of smbclient for more information.

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