MESG(1)                                                Linux User's Manual                                               MESG(1)



NAME
       mesg - control write access to your terminal

SYNOPSIS
       mesg [y|n]

DESCRIPTION
       Mesg  controls  the  access to your terminal by others.  It's typically used to allow or disallow other users to write to
       your terminal (see write(1)).

OPTIONS
       y      Allow write access to your terminal.

       n      Disallow write access to your terminal.

       If no option is given, mesg prints out the current access state of your terminal.

NOTES
       Mesg assumes that its standard input is connected to your terminal. That also means that if you are  logged  in  multiple
       times, you can get/set the mesg status of other sessions by using redirection.  For example "mesg n < /dev/pts/46".

AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquelsATcistron.nl)

SEE ALSO
       talk(1), write(1), wall(1)



                                                          Feb 26, 2001                                                   MESG(1)