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GPop - A Popup message sender/receiver

Samba Warning

        Do not use "message command" with previous samba version
        upgrade samba to version 2.0.6 or more

What is GPop ?

• GPop is an util which permit send and receive Popup message GPop is not only a port of WinPopup but has some ameliorations or will have some ameliorations.

Installing

• just follow the install step in INSTALL

  i.e * ./configure

  • make
  • and with root privileges make install
• add the line with root privileges to your smb configuration file usually /etc/smb.conf

message command = gpop_msg "%m" "%f" %s; rm %s

        DON'T forget the "", it will provide errors
        if machine name or user name are compound name.
        
        - restart samba daemon as root
                exemple on a redhat system
                /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart

How does it works ?

• Sending :
  • just calling smbclient with some parameter
• Receiving :
  • when you receive a message, gpop_msg

    will be called, and it try to transmit trought CORBA the message to gpop. if it doesn't works gpop_msg will save messages in a file.

Feature

• Sending Winpopup like message.
• Answer message.
• Gpop can receive message if not started.
• Multiple sending
• User name choice.

Future

• GPop will receive realpopup message
• GPop will have an applet in the gnome panel
• User favorite preferences
• Network search
• Historical view
• User configuration -> to permit to set an user to WinPopup user, Realpopup user etc...
• Correct all bugs :-)

BUGS

• if there bugs ( hope no ),
  • send me an email with your
    • gnome version
    • samba version
    • gpop version
    • a description of the bug
    • a some other details if you think it will help me and I will try to correct it
  • correct them and send me a patch it will help me.