fsmsg

fsmsg allows you to leave messages to other users on the system

Usage

fsmsg send [recipient] [message]  - Send a message to the recipient's inbox.
fsmsg show                        - Show messages in your inbox.
fsmsg check                       - Check if you have any new messages (useful on login).
fsmsg clear                       - Clear all messages in your inbox.
fsmsg help                        - Display this help message.

Installation

From AUR

With yay

yay -S fsmsg-git

Manually from AUR

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fsmsg-git

Manual Installation

Download the fsmsg executable from this repository

# Copy the executable somewhere all users can execute
sudo mv fsmsg /usr/bin/fsmsg

# Setting up the inbox directory
sudo mkdir -p /var/spool/fsmsg
sudo chmod 0777 /var/spool/fsmsg

Post Installation

It's useful for everyone to check their messages on a regular basis
In order to do this, a new profile.d entry is a nice option

sudo echo "fsmsg check" > /etc/profile.d/fsmsg.sh
sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/fsmsg.sh