Write command working one way?
I want to communicate with my girlfriend through the write command. She's on a mac, I am on a debian laptop. I did the next steps:
adduser halyapt-get install openssh-serversystemctl start ssh
Then she logins with ssh haly@my ip address (we are both connected to the same wifi) with the given password.
In our terminals we both do mesg y and I do write haly. She can see everything I write, but I cannot see anything she writes. What is wrong?
Thanks
[Editing to have a more complete question]
This is me:
murphy@eva02:~$ who
murphy tty2 2018-12-17 22:58 (:0)
haly pts/1 2018-12-17 23:25 (192.168.0.9)
murphy@eva02:~$ mesg y
murphy@eva02:~$ write haly pts/1
las rosas son rojas, el cielo es azul ...
She receives the last line in her terminal (after logging into eva02 and doing mesg y). But If she tries write murphy tty2 the write program seems to work in her terminal, but I see nothing in mine.
write
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I want to communicate with my girlfriend through the write command. She's on a mac, I am on a debian laptop. I did the next steps:
adduser halyapt-get install openssh-serversystemctl start ssh
Then she logins with ssh haly@my ip address (we are both connected to the same wifi) with the given password.
In our terminals we both do mesg y and I do write haly. She can see everything I write, but I cannot see anything she writes. What is wrong?
Thanks
[Editing to have a more complete question]
This is me:
murphy@eva02:~$ who
murphy tty2 2018-12-17 22:58 (:0)
haly pts/1 2018-12-17 23:25 (192.168.0.9)
murphy@eva02:~$ mesg y
murphy@eva02:~$ write haly pts/1
las rosas son rojas, el cielo es azul ...
She receives the last line in her terminal (after logging into eva02 and doing mesg y). But If she tries write murphy tty2 the write program seems to work in her terminal, but I see nothing in mine.
write
asked Dec 17 at 21:05
murpholinox
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I want to communicate with my girlfriend through the write command. She's on a mac, I am on a debian laptop. I did the next steps:
adduser halyapt-get install openssh-serversystemctl start ssh
Then she logins with ssh haly@my ip address (we are both connected to the same wifi) with the given password.
In our terminals we both do mesg y and I do write haly. She can see everything I write, but I cannot see anything she writes. What is wrong?
Thanks
[Editing to have a more complete question]
This is me:
murphy@eva02:~$ who
murphy tty2 2018-12-17 22:58 (:0)
haly pts/1 2018-12-17 23:25 (192.168.0.9)
murphy@eva02:~$ mesg y
murphy@eva02:~$ write haly pts/1
las rosas son rojas, el cielo es azul ...
She receives the last line in her terminal (after logging into eva02 and doing mesg y). But If she tries write murphy tty2 the write program seems to work in her terminal, but I see nothing in mine.
write
asked Dec 17 at 21:05
murpholinox
236
I want to communicate with my girlfriend through the write command. She's on a mac, I am on a debian laptop. I did the next steps:
adduser halyapt-get install openssh-serversystemctl start ssh
Then she logins with ssh haly@my ip address (we are both connected to the same wifi) with the given password.
In our terminals we both do mesg y and I do write haly. She can see everything I write, but I cannot see anything she writes. What is wrong?
Thanks
[Editing to have a more complete question]
This is me:
murphy@eva02:~$ who
murphy tty2 2018-12-17 22:58 (:0)
haly pts/1 2018-12-17 23:25 (192.168.0.9)
murphy@eva02:~$ mesg y
murphy@eva02:~$ write haly pts/1
las rosas son rojas, el cielo es azul ...
She receives the last line in her terminal (after logging into eva02 and doing mesg y). But If she tries write murphy tty2 the write program seems to work in her terminal, but I see nothing in mine.
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Nothing is wrong; write is unidirectional:
Any further lines you enter will be copied to the specified user's terminal. If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well.
... so she must write your-username in order to write back to you.
You may be thinking of the more-interactive talk utility; on Debian, apt install ytalk will get you started.
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
WithtalkI cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if shewritesto me I receive nothing.talkseems better but did not work...ytalkon the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she doeswrite murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I didmesg yas well. There has to be something wrong withwriteandtalk, because there was no problem at all withytalk.
– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
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Try having her add your device name. You can use who, w or finger to get this information. Usage: write username devicename , see if that helps...
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
Not working.write haly pts/0gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.
– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
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Nothing is wrong; write is unidirectional:
Any further lines you enter will be copied to the specified user's terminal. If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well.
... so she must write your-username in order to write back to you.
You may be thinking of the more-interactive talk utility; on Debian, apt install ytalk will get you started.
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
WithtalkI cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if shewritesto me I receive nothing.talkseems better but did not work...ytalkon the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she doeswrite murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I didmesg yas well. There has to be something wrong withwriteandtalk, because there was no problem at all withytalk.
– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
add a comment |
Nothing is wrong; write is unidirectional:
Any further lines you enter will be copied to the specified user's terminal. If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well.
... so she must write your-username in order to write back to you.
You may be thinking of the more-interactive talk utility; on Debian, apt install ytalk will get you started.
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
WithtalkI cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if shewritesto me I receive nothing.talkseems better but did not work...ytalkon the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she doeswrite murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I didmesg yas well. There has to be something wrong withwriteandtalk, because there was no problem at all withytalk.
– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
add a comment |
Nothing is wrong; write is unidirectional:
Any further lines you enter will be copied to the specified user's terminal. If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well.
... so she must write your-username in order to write back to you.
You may be thinking of the more-interactive talk utility; on Debian, apt install ytalk will get you started.
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
Nothing is wrong; write is unidirectional:
Any further lines you enter will be copied to the specified user's terminal. If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well.
... so she must write your-username in order to write back to you.
You may be thinking of the more-interactive talk utility; on Debian, apt install ytalk will get you started.
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
edited Dec 18 at 2:05
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
38.7k1053125
answered Dec 18 at 1:47
Jeff Schaller
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Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
WithtalkI cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if shewritesto me I receive nothing.talkseems better but did not work...ytalkon the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she doeswrite murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I didmesg yas well. There has to be something wrong withwriteandtalk, because there was no problem at all withytalk.
– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
add a comment |
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
WithtalkI cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if shewritesto me I receive nothing.talkseems better but did not work...ytalkon the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she doeswrite murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?
– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I didmesg yas well. There has to be something wrong withwriteandtalk, because there was no problem at all withytalk.
– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
Yeah, the man doc on write says that "If the other user wants to reply, they must run write as well." She does but I see nothing on my end.
– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:39
With
talk I cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
With
talk I cannot communicate with her (the program stays forever on "Checking on invitation on caller's machine")– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 5:58
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if she
writes to me I receive nothing. talk seems better but did not work... ytalk on the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
Yes, write is unidirectional, but if she
writes to me I receive nothing. talk seems better but did not work... ytalk on the other hand worked pretty well. Thanks– murpholinox
Dec 18 at 6:39
After she does
write murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
After she does
write murphy, does she type another line (and hit Enter)?– Jeff Schaller
Dec 18 at 14:26
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I did
mesg y as well. There has to be something wrong with write and talk, because there was no problem at all with ytalk.– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
Yeah, we tried it...but nothing. Obviously I did
mesg y as well. There has to be something wrong with write and talk, because there was no problem at all with ytalk.– murpholinox
Dec 20 at 4:11
add a comment |
Try having her add your device name. You can use who, w or finger to get this information. Usage: write username devicename , see if that helps...
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
Not working.write haly pts/0gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.
– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
add a comment |
Try having her add your device name. You can use who, w or finger to get this information. Usage: write username devicename , see if that helps...
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
Not working.write haly pts/0gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.
– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
add a comment |
Try having her add your device name. You can use who, w or finger to get this information. Usage: write username devicename , see if that helps...
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
Try having her add your device name. You can use who, w or finger to get this information. Usage: write username devicename , see if that helps...
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
answered Dec 17 at 21:16
Michael Prokopec
1,022116
1,022116
Not working.write haly pts/0gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.
– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
add a comment |
Not working.write haly pts/0gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.
– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
Not working.
write haly pts/0 gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
Not working.
write haly pts/0 gives the same behavior: she receives my messages, I do not receive anything.– murpholinox
Dec 17 at 22:16
add a comment |
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