omusrmsg: notify users#

Module Name:

omusrmsg

Author:

Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Purpose#

This module permits to send log messages to the user terminal. This is a built-in module so it doesn’t need to be loaded.

Configuration Parameters#

Note

Parameter names are case-insensitive.

Action Parameters#

Users#

type

default

mandatory

obsolete legacy directive

string

none

yes

none

The name of the users to send data to.

Template#

type

default

mandatory

obsolete legacy directive

word

WallFmt/StdUsrMsgFmt

no

none

Template to user for the message. Default is WallFmt when parameter users is “*” and StdUsrMsgFmt otherwise.

Examples#

Write emergency messages to all users#

The following command writes emergency messages to all users

action(type="omusrmsg" users="*")

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