omusrmsg: notify users#

Module Name:	omusrmsg
Author:	Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>

Purpose#

This module permits to send log messages to the user terminal. This is a built-in module so it doesn’t need to be loaded.

Configuration Parameters#

Note

Parameter names are case-insensitive.

Action Parameters#

Users#

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
string	none	yes	none

The name of the users to send data to.

Template#

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
word	WallFmt/StdUsrMsgFmt	no	none

Template to user for the message. Default is WallFmt when parameter users is “*” and StdUsrMsgFmt otherwise.

RateLimit.Interval#

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
integer	0	no	none

The rate-limiting interval in seconds. A value of 0 turns off rate-limiting. Set it together with ratelimit.burst to control how many messages can be forwarded per interval.

RateLimit.Burst#

type	default	mandatory	`obsolete legacy` directive
integer	200	no	none

Maximum number of messages that can be emitted within the ratelimit.interval. This setting is only relevant if ratelimit.interval is not 0.

RateLimit.Name#

Default: none

Type: string

Description:

Sets the name of the rate limit to use. This allows multiple actions to share the same rate limiting configuration (and state). The name refers to a global rate limit object defined in the configuration.

Note: This parameter is mutually exclusive with ratelimit.interval and ratelimit.burst. If ratelimit.name is specified, local per-action limits cannot be defined and any attempt to do so will result in an error (and the named rate limit will be used).

New in version 8.2602.0.

Examples#

Write emergency messages to all users#

The following command writes emergency messages to all users

action(type="omusrmsg" users="*")

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