Network Popup Message

I ran the script under root user and it did not work. Here is what it is.

[rpi-s-Computer:~] root# cd ~ ; curl http://www.biermann.org/philipp/OSX/instsmbpopup.sh -o instsmbpopup.sh ; sh instsmbpopup.sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Curr.
Dload Upload Total Current Left Speed
100 3629 100 3629 0 0 8143 0 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 2458
This script will modify /etc/smb.conf and add the possibility to receive smb messages like from net send
It will also install a script in /usr/local/bin/smbpopup
Also it will download and install and set the suid bit on a software called alert which goes to /usr/sbin
This script checks for some possible problems, but usage is at your own risk!
mail comments to osx AT biermann.org
Ready to continue ? (Y)
Y
found section [global] at times: 1 in /etc/smb.conf
found section [global] at line: 27 in /etc/smb.conf
removing current lines of "message command" directives, if any
number of lines in original smb.conf: 52
number of lines from insertion point to end: 25
done modifications, do you whish to write the new /etc/smb.conf Y/N?
Y
please authenticate with your password!
admin
orginal /etc/smb.conf saved as /etc/smb.conf.bak
finished, please restart windows sharing
about to write /usr/local/bin/smbpopup ...
mkdir: /usr/local: File exists
mkdir: /usr/local/bin: File exists
please ignore any error message above.
done !
checking for /usr/sbin/alert ...
checking again for /usr/sbin/alert ...
looks like the program is there
setting correct permissions...type your password in case asked!
all done!
[rpi-s-Computer:~] root# echo "my Message" | smbclient -M 202.180.22.89
added interface ip=202.180.22.75 bcast=202.180.22.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
session request failed

Both mac and pc can see and acces each other. I changed and copyed some files between the machines to see if that was my problem, it worked.

How do i check if the smb.conf is broken?

I also ran it on another mac and the same thing happened

I went over to the pc and put in,
"net send 202.180.22.89 "testmessage" it looked like the comand prompt came up and the it closed. I went into the comand prompt and put that in and got "Sending file is no longer supported".

The machines i have tryed this on are a g3 running 10.2.8 with smbd version 2.2.3a (build 26).
The other is a new G5 we just got in last week.

I entered "/usr/bin/testparm" and got this long message:

[rpi-s-Computer:~] rpi% /usr/bin/testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Loaded services file OK.
Invalid combination of parameters for service homes. Level II oplocks can only be set if oplocks are also set.
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

# Global parameters
[global]
coding system = utf8
client code page = 437
code page directory = /usr/share/codepages
workgroup = WORKGROUP
netbios name =
netbios aliases =
netbios scope =
server string = Samba 2.2.3a (build 26)
interfaces =
bind interfaces only = No
security = USER
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = No
allow trusted domains = Yes
hosts equiv =
min passwd length = 5
map to guest = Never
null passwords = No
obey pam restrictions = No
password server =
smb passwd file = /var/db/samba/smbpasswd
root directory =
pam password change = No
passwd program = /bin/passwd
passwd chat = new*password %n\n new*password %n\n changed
passwd chat debug = No
username map =
password level = 0
username level = 0
unix password sync = No
restrict anonymous = No
lanman auth = Yes
use rhosts = No
log level = 2
syslog = 1
syslog only = No
log file =
max log size = 5000
timestamp logs = Yes
debug hires timestamp = No
debug pid = No
debug uid = No
protocol = NT1
large readwrite = No
max protocol = NT1
min protocol = CORE
read bmpx = No
read raw = Yes
write raw = Yes
nt smb support = Yes
nt pipe support = Yes
announce version = 4.5
announce as = NT
max mux = 50
max xmit = 65535
name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
max packet = 65535
max ttl = 259200
max wins ttl = 518400
min wins ttl = 21600
time server = No
unix extensions = No
change notify timeout = 60
deadtime = 0
getwd cache = Yes
keepalive = 300
lpq cache time = 10
max smbd processes = 0
max disk size = 0
max open files = 10000
read size = 16384
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
stat cache size = 50
use mmap = Yes
total print jobs = 0
load printers = Yes
printcap name = /etc/printcap
disable spoolss = No
enumports command =
addprinter command =
deleteprinter command =
show add printer wizard = Yes
os2 driver map =
strip dot = No
character set =
mangled stack = 50
stat cache = Yes
domain admin group =
domain guest group =
machine password timeout = 604800
add user script =
delete user script =
logon script =
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
logon drive =
logon home = \\%N\%U
domain logons = No
os level = 20
lm announce = Auto
lm interval = 60
preferred master = Auto
local master = Yes
domain master = Auto
browse list = Yes
enhanced browsing = Yes
dns proxy = Yes
wins proxy = No
wins server =
wins support = No
wins hook =
kernel oplocks = Yes
oplock break wait time = 0
add share command =
change share command =
delete share command =
config file =
preload =
lock dir = /private/var/spool/lock
default service =
message command = /usr/local/bin/smbpopup %s %m ; rm %s
dfree command =
valid chars =
remote announce =
remote browse sync =
socket address = 0.0.0.0
homedir map =
time offset = 0
NIS homedir = No
source environment =
panic action =
hide local users = No
host msdfs = No
winbind uid =
winbind gid =
template homedir = /home/%D/%U
template shell = /bin/false
winbind separator = \
winbind cache time = 15
winbind enum users = Yes
winbind enum groups = Yes
comment =
path =
alternate permissions = No
username =
guest account = unknown
invalid users =
valid users =
admin users =
read list =
write list =
printer admin =
force user =
force group =
read only = Yes
create mask = 0744
force create mode = 00
security mask = 0777
force security mode = 00
directory mask = 0755
force directory mode = 00
directory security mask = 0777
force directory security mode = 00
inherit permissions = No
guest only = No
guest ok = No
only user = No
hosts allow =
hosts deny =
status = Yes
nt acl support = Yes
max connections = 0
min print space = 0
strict allocate = No
strict sync = No
sync always = No
write cache size = 0
max print jobs = 1000
printable = No
postscript = No
printing = bsd
print command = lpr -r -P%p %s
lpq command = lpq -P%p
lprm command = lprm -P%p %j
lppause command =
lpresume command =
queuepause command =
queueresume command =
printer name =
use client driver = No
default devmode = No
printer driver =
printer driver file = /etc/printers.def
printer driver location =
default case = lower
case sensitive = No
preserve case = Yes
short preserve case = Yes
mangle case = No
mangling char = ~
hide dot files = Yes
hide unreadable = No
delete veto files = No
veto files =
hide files =
veto oplock files =
map system = No
map hidden = No
map archive = Yes
mangled names = Yes
mangled map =
browseable = Yes
blocking locks = Yes
fake oplocks = No
locking = Yes
oplocks = No
level2 oplocks = Yes
oplock contention limit = 2
posix locking = Yes
strict locking = Yes
share modes = Yes
copy =
include =
exec =
preexec close = No
postexec =
root preexec =
root preexec close = No
root postexec =
available = Yes
volume =
fstype = NTFS
set directory = No
wide links = Yes
follow symlinks = Yes
dont descend =
magic script =
magic output =
delete readonly = No
dos filemode = No
dos filetimes = No
dos filetime resolution = No
fake directory create times = No
vfs object =
vfs options =
msdfs root = No

[homes]
comment = User Home Directories
read only = No
create mask = 0750
browseable = No

The loopback message worked, I think. I only got a popup message on my machine that I was sending form. Was that the plan?

HaHa yes,
I got it to work between two mac's. Thank a lot for all the help.

If I could ask you one more question about networking. I want to have some movie files on a server and watch them form another mac. The Spec of the server is: G3 with Sonnet ATA-133 witch I have two seagate 120 gig hard drives as a RAID with gigabit network card. Both are pci cards. The transfer rate is great. But when I try watching a movie file across the lan (Mac's are connected directly to each other with a CAT 6 Cable) I get some glitches. If I start to download the movie to my desktop and then watch it, it goes glitch free.

The only reason i ask you is because i thought I saw a terminal code that would help. (Buffering/Streaming)

Well I only got it to work on the mac's. The PC's are another problem. I can not figure it out, firewalls is off and I can transfer files across the machines. Owell, sending popups to the mac's were my concern.

THANKS for all the Help.