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I can't send message to another user in spite of enabling message. I'm using ubuntu 20.04 on VMware workstation.

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nguyenvanen@nguyenvanen:~$ mesg is y nguyenvanen@nguyenvanen:~$ _

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itachi@nguyenvanen:~$ write nguyenvanan write: nguyenvanan has messages disabled itachi@nguyenvanen:~$ _

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    Please don't post pictures of text. It's really difficult to read. Instead, copy and paste. Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 7:46
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    How did you start the terminal window for the user that doesn't own the graphical login (or both users, if none of them is the one that started the graphical session)? Using ssh? su or a graphical version of su? Something else? Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 9:26

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The write command is a very simple utility. Unless you tell it otherwise it writes to the first terminal it finds you logged in on.

In the target shell, use tty to find out the name of the device you're using there. Then add that name (without the /dev/ prefix) as another parameter to the write command.

For example if you found it was /dev/pts/2 you'd use this

write nguyenvanen pts/2
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