MACUSER(1L)

NAME
macuser - Macintosh Messages for UNIX users.

SYNOPSIS
macuser [-dadpn] [userlist ...]

DESCRIPTION
If run by the super user (from 'rc.local' or 'start-cap-servers') macuser registers each of its arguments on the AppleTalk network as "user@host:macUser@*". Ordinary users cannot provide a user list - the user login name is used instead. macuser then listens for messages sent from Macintosh or UNIX users and forwards them to the designated recipient (writing to the users' terminal if logged in, or by sending email if not).

macuser provides equivalent UNIX functionality to the Macintosh Control Panel document "Messages" which receives and displays short messages on Macs. "Messages DA" is used to lookup users, edit and send messages from the Macintosh. UNIX equivalence is provided by the commands listed in SEE ALSO.

macuser is a messaging system ONLY, it is not intended to monitor login activity and cannot be used to check that a UNIX user is actually present.

FILES
None.

SEE ALSO
CAP (Columbia AppleTalk Package)
macwho(1l) - list macUsers, see also who(1)
macwall(1l) - send stdin message to all macUsers, see also wall(1)
macwrite(1l) - send stdin message to macUser, see also write(1)
macto(1l) - send argument list message to macUser, see also to(1)
macmail(1l) - notify macUser of UNIX mail arrival, see also biff(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
"No permission to register name" if run by a non super-user with a user list.

BUGS
1. The messages system was implemented in two parts on the Macintosh to allow the use of "Messages DA" to be restricted in a student environment.
2. Messages are limited to about 550 bytes less 128 for any included ICON.

AUTHOR
djh@munnari.OZ.AU, May 1990. Updates via FTP from munnari.OZ.AU