- release 22,

[packages/SysVinit.git] / sysvinit-wall-n.patch

--- sysvinit-2.78/man/wall.1.foo	Wed Jan 31 15:42:53 2001
+++ sysvinit-2.78/man/wall.1	Wed Jan 31 15:46:18 2001
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 wall -- send a message to everybody's terminal.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B wall
+.RB [ \-n ]
 .RB [ " message " ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Wall
@@ -11,7 +12,12 @@
 it can be sent to \fIwall\fP's standard input. When using the standard input
 from a terminal, the message should be terminated with the \fBEOF\fP key
 (usually Control-D).
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP \fB\-n\fn
+Suppresses the normal banner, changing it to "Remote broadcast message"
+This option is only available to root, and is used by rpc.walld.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-mesg(1).
+mesg(1),
+rpc.rwalld(8).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
--- sysvinit-2.78/src/wall.c.foo	Wed Jan 31 15:41:33 2001
+++ sysvinit-2.78/src/wall.c	Wed Jan 31 15:40:40 2001
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 			 *	Undocumented option for suppressing
 			 *	banner from rpc.rwalld.
 			 */
-			remote = 1;
+			if (getuid() == 0)
+		  		remote = 1;
 			break;
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, "usage: wall [message]\n");