Purpose
You have a scheduled maintenance window or have other important information to convey to users logged in to the router.
Action
To force a message to the terminals of logged-in users, enter the following JUNOS CLI operational mode command:
Sample Output
user@host> request message all message
"This is an experiment, please be patient"
Broadcast Message from user@host
(/dev/ttyp0) at 10:50 PDT...
This is an experiment, please be patient
user@host> request message message "Maintenance window in 10 minutes" user maria
Message from user@host on ttyp0 at 20:27 ...
Maintenance window in 10 minutes
EOF
Meaning
The sample output shows that the message “This is an experiment, please be patient” was sent to the consoles of all logged-in users, and the message “Maintenance window in 10 minutes” was sent to the console of the logged-in user, maria. For more detailed information about this command, see the JUNOS Network Management Configuration Guide.
Syntax
- request message all message "text"
request message message "text" (terminal terminal-name | user user-name)