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 recipient node. Similarly, you must be running writed on your node if they are to write back to you.
You must always run an mbx_helper program along with each writed process. The mbx_helper is a program residing in the /sys/mbx directory of your node. When it is run, it allows your node to handle interprocess communications with other nodes in your network also running mbx_helper.
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.
FILES
/etc/utmp record of who is logged in on the node (link to ‘node_data/etc.utmp)