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authorGravatar Robert S. French <rfrench@mit.edu>1988-02-06 18:03:42 +0000
committerGravatar Robert S. French <rfrench@mit.edu>1988-02-06 18:03:42 +0000
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--- a/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1
+++ b/clients/zwrite/zwrite.1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)zwrite.1 6.1 (MIT) 7/9/87
.\"
-.TH ZWRITE 1 "July 14, 1987"
+.TH ZWRITE 1 "February 6, 1988"
.SH NAME
zwrite \- write to another user
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ zwrite \- write to another user
[
.BI -a
] [
-.BI -i
-instance ] [
+.BI -d
+] [
+.BI -v
+] [
.BI -q
] [
.BI -u
] [
-.BI -v
+.BI -o
] [
+.BI -c
+class ] [
+.BI -i
+instance ] [
.BI user \ ...
] [
.BI -m
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ instance ] [
sends a message from you to another user through the
.I zephyr(1)
notification service. The user must have subscribed to messages of
-class ``MESSAGE'', instance ``PERSONAL'' and/or ``URGENT'', using the
+the appropriate class and instance using the
.I zctl(1)
program.
.PP
@@ -40,16 +46,20 @@ understands the following options.
.B \-a
Causes
.I zwrite
-to send an authenticated message, using
-.I kerberos.
+to send the message authenticated, using
+.I kerberos
+to perform the authentication. This is the default.
.TP
-.B \-i
-Allows a user to specify a different instance than the default
-``PERSONAL'' or ``URGENT'' ones. When this option is used, the message
-is sent to recipient "*". This allows a message to be sent to a large
-group of people (e.g. a development group) just by having the members
-group to messages of class "MESSAGE", the specified instance, and recipient
-"*".
+.B \-d
+Causes
+.I zwrite
+to send the message nonauthenticated.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+Causes
+.I zwrite
+to print what type of message it is sending, and whether or not it was
+successful.
.TP
.B \-q
Forces
@@ -57,15 +67,34 @@ Forces
to suppress information about whether or not the message was sent.
.TP
.B \-u
-Sends an urgent message. This is to allow one to unsubscribe to
-instance ``PERSONAL'' messages, but remain able to receive instance
-``URGENT'' ones.
+Sends an urgent message. This changes the
+.I zephyr
+instance of the message to ``URGENT''.
.TP
-.B \-v
+.B \-o
Causes
.I zwrite
-to print what type of message it is sending, and whether or not it was
-successful.
+to ignore the environment variables ZEPHYR_CLASS and ZEPHYR_INST when picking
+a default class and instance.
+.TP
+.B \-c
+Allows a user to specify a different class for the message. This allows
+a message to be sent to a large group of people with some degree of
+security. See
+.I zephyr(1)
+and
+.I zephyrd(8)
+for a description of how to restrict access to classes. When this option
+is specified, the message is sent to recipient "*" unless an additional
+list of recipients is specified.
+.TP
+.B \-i
+Allows a user to specify a different instance than the default.
+When this option is used, the message is sent to recipient "*" unless an
+additional list of recipients is specified. This allows a message to be
+sent to a large group of people (e.g. a development group) just by having
+the members group to messages of class "MESSAGE", the specified instance,
+and recipient "*".
.TP
.B \-m
.I Zwrite
@@ -76,6 +105,13 @@ If the
option is not specified, the user is prompted for the message to be
sent. The message may be terminated by typing ^D or ``.'' on a line
by itself.
+.PP
+The default class for messages is ``MESSAGE'', and the default instance
+is ``PERSONAL''. These defaults can be changed by setting the environment
+variables ZEPHYR_CLASS and ZEPHYR_INST, respectively.
+.PP
+If the environment variable ZEPHYR_SIGNATURE is set, its contents are used
+to augment the user's username in the message.
.SH SEE ALSO
kerberosintro(1), zctl(1), zephyr(1), zwgc(1), zhm(8), zephyrd(8)
.br