WRITED(8C)                           BSD                            WRITED(8C)



NAME
     writed - daemon for write(1) program

SYNOPSIS
     /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.user
     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 init process 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)

SEE ALSO
     write(1), utmp(5), rc(8)