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Write Messages to Users

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module utilizes the wall(1) or write(1) utilities, as appropriate, to send messages to users on the target system.

Author(s)

  • Jon Hart <jon_hart@rapid7.com>

Platform

Linux,OSX,Unix

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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