Send messages to other users on a Cisco Router

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Created: Jun 18, 2006

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Multiple users can be logged into a Cisco router at the same time. It may be necessary (or sometimes just fun) to send a text message to one or all users on a router. For example, if you are preparing to reload the router, admin etiquette dictates that you should warn other users.

To send a message to all users on the current device use the send * command with administrator privileges:

Using the show users command described in this recipe, you can get the line number of a specific user. If the user is logged into line 66, use this command to send them a message:

The command to send a message to the user on the console is: