omusrmsg: notify users
Module Name: | omusrmsg |
Author: |
Purpose
This module permits to send log messages to the user terminal. This is a built-in module so it doesn’t need to be loaded.
Configuration Parameters
Note
Parameter names are case-insensitive.
Action Parameters
Users
type | default | mandatory |
|
|---|---|---|---|
string | none | yes | none |
The name of the users to send data to.
Template
type | default | mandatory |
|
|---|---|---|---|
word | WallFmt/StdUsrMsgFmt | no | none |
Template to user for the message. Default is WallFmt when parameter users is “*” and StdUsrMsgFmt otherwise.
Examples
Write emergency messages to all users
The following command writes emergency messages to all users
action(type="omusrmsg" users="*")
See also
Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:
Mailing list - best route for general questions
GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with
Rsyslog
See also
Contributing to Rsyslog:
Source project: rsyslog project README.
Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README
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