- About
- This application is for sending and receiving Microsoft(tm) Winpopup messages.
- Requirements
-Samba 2.x.x/3.x.x
-QT 3.x.x (with development)
-KDE 3.x.x (with development)
Installation;
1.) Check the path of the application "smbclient" and change SMBPATH in
"misc.h".
2.) Type "./configure" to create Makefiles.
3.) Type "make" to compile KPopup.
4.) Type "make install" as root to install KPopup.
5.) Locate the [global] section of your Samba configuration file (smb.conf) and
add the following line changing PATH_TO_SCRIPT (normally KDE bin dir) to reflect your systems values.
message command = sh -c 'PATH_TO_SCRIPT/receivepopup.sh "%s" "%f"'
6.) Type "make create_kpopup_data_dir" as root to create directory
"/var/lib/kpopup" and set permission.
7.) Start KPopup to receive and send Popups.
- Important
- -Since version 0.9.5pre2, KPopup don't use the cron for getting hosts from samba. If you updated older versions, then you can delete the cronjob. -Since version 0.9.6, KPopup don't use the suid-bit for receiving popups.