WRITED(8C)
NAME
writed − daemon for write(1) program
USAGE
/etc/writed
DESCRIPTION
The writed daemon is used by the write(1) program. To enable a write to a node other than your own, writed must be running on the destination node. Similarly, you must be running writed on your node if any node is to be able to write back to you.
We recommend invoking writed in background mode via the /etc/rc Shell script. If you include the lines if [ -f /etc/writed ]; then /etc/writed & fi in your node’s ‘node_data/etc.rc file, the /etc/run_rc program will start writed at boot time (after first checking to see if the file exists). We include the above lines on installation of each node, except for those that are diskless.
The writed process starts an mbx_helper automatically when it is invoked.
FILES
/etc/utmp record of who is logged in on the node (link to ‘node_data/etc.utmp)