I tested it on i386 SL5.1 with 'write yellin pts/6', where "yellin" is my username on that computer and "pts/6" is the ttyname on which I had typed 'mesg n'. The 'write ...' command was blocked to that terminal, though not to any of my other terminals for which 'mesg' returned "y". So as far as I can tell, 'mesg n' does what it's supposed to do. Steven Yellin On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Faye Gibbins wrote: > Anyone know why 'mesg n' doesn't stop 'write' anymore on SL5.x? > > Faye > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > Faye Gibbins, Sys Admin. GeoS KB. Linux, Unix, Security > Beekeeper - The Apiary Project, KB - www.bees.ed.ac.uk > --------------------------------------------------------- > (x(x_(X_x(O_o)x_x)_X)x) > I grabbed at spannungsbogen before I knew I wanted it. > Socrates: Question authority, question everything. > Mermin: If the maths works "Shut up and calculate!" > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, > registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >