[HPADM] "mesg -n" in /etc/profile

From: Neil Paniraj (npaniraj@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 20 2006 - 10:45:59 EDT

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Hello SAs:

One of the security Admins has put in a line "mesg -n"
in all the servers and in all the /etc/profile files
on each one of it.

I am really not sure if it is doing what it is
supposed to because everyone gets this message when
they try to login:

$ su - neil
mesg: cannot change mode
$

Could someone tell me what it is accomplishing here?
Is there a way to suppress this message (cannot change
mode) and accomplishing what it is actually intended
to do.

Please... any input would be most useful.
NEIL

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