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-.\" @(#)mesg.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
-.\"
-.\" Fri Mar 10 20:31:02 1995, modified for standard man macros,
-.\" faith@cs.unc.edu
-.\"
-.\"
-.\" "
-.TH MESG 1 "10 March 1995" "Linux 1.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
-.SH NAME
-mesg \- display (do not display) messages from other users
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B mesg
-.RB [ n | y ]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-The
-.B mesg
-utility is invoked by a users to control write access others have to the
-terminal device associated with the standard error output. If write access
-is allowed, then programs such as
-.BR talk (1)
-and
-.BR write (1)
-may display messages on the terminal.
-.PP
-Traditionally, write access is allowed by default. However, as users
-become more conscious of various security risks, there is a trend to remove
-write access by default, at least for the primary login shell. To make
-sure your ttys are set the way you want them to be set,
-.B mesg
-should be executed in your login scripts.
-.PP
-Options available:
-.TP
-.B n
-Disallows messages.
-.TP
-.B y
-Permits messages to be displayed.
-.PP
-If no arguments are given,
-.B mesg
-displays the present message status to the standard error output.
-.PP
-The
-.B mesg
-utility exits with one of the following values:
-.TP
-.I "\ 0"
-Messages are allowed.
-.TP
-.I "\ 1"
-Messages are not allowed.
-.TP
-.I "\>1"
-An error has occurred.
-.SH FILES
-.I /dev/[pt]ty[pq]?
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR biff (1),
-.BR talk (1),
-.BR write (1),
-.BR wall (1),
-.BR login (1),
-.BR xterm (1)
-.SH HISTORY
-A
-.B mesg
-command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
-
-.SH AVAILABILITY
-The mesg command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.