vtimofeenko / root-notify-send

Set of two scripts to be run as root and display notifications to logged in users.

About

Set of two scripts to be run as root and display notifications to logged in users.

First script (root-notify-send) sends the message to all currently logged in users by iterating over processes of window managers. Accepts parameters which are passed to the notify-send.

Second script (root-notify-user) sends the message to a single user. The username is passed as the first parameter, the rest of them is passed to notify-send.

Example usage

# root-notify-send "A"

Installation

x11-misc/root-notify-send Ebuild available in nitratesky overlay. The ebuild includes the option to replace notify-send with dunstify.