Messages sent through nwsend appear from the recipient rather than the sender

  • Document ID:7005775
  • Creation Date:19-Apr-2010
  • Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Client for Open Enterprise Server (Novell Client)

Environment

Novell Client for Linux 2.0 for SLED 10
Novell Client for Linux 2.0 for SLED 11

Situation

Messages sent through nwsend from a terminal appear from the recipient rather than the sender.
 
Everything works correctly using the GUI based tool (Novell tray icon,
Novell Utilities, Send Message to User).

Resolution

To resolve this issue download and install the following client for the respective platform:
 
SLED 10.0: Novell Client 2.0 SP3 Patch 1 for SLED and SLES 10 SP3
 
 
SLED 11.0 : Novell Client 2.0 SP2 Patch 2 for SLED and SLES 11