omusrmsg: notify users¶

Module Name:	omusrmsg
Author:	Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Purpose¶

This module permits to send log messages to the user terminal. This is a built-in module so it doesn’t need to be loaded.

Configuration Parameters¶

Note

Parameter names are case-insensitive.

Action Parameters¶

Users¶

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
string	none	yes	none

The name of the users to send data to.

Template¶

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
word	WallFmt/StdUsrMsgFmt	no	none

Template to user for the message. Default is WallFmt when parameter users is “*” and StdUsrMsgFmt otherwise.

Examples¶

Write emergency messages to all users¶

The following command writes emergency messages to all users

action(type="omusrmsg" users="*")

See also

Help with configuring/using Rsyslog:

Mailing list - best route for general questions
GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with Rsyslog
Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog:

Source project: rsyslog project README.
Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README

Copyright 2008-2020 Rainer Gerhards (Großrinderfeld), and Others.