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RWALL(1)                    General Commands Manual                   RWALL(1)

NAME
     rwall - send a message to users logged on a host

SYNOPSIS
     rwall host [file]

DESCRIPTION
     The rwall command sends a message to the users logged into the specified
     host.  The message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or
     it can be in a file.

DIAGNOSTICS
     rwall: RPC: Program not registered
             The rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has not been started on the remote host.

     rwall: RPC: Timed out
             A communication error occurred.  Either the network is
             excessively congested, or the rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has terminated
             on the remote host.

     rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
             The remote host is not running the portmapper (see rpcbind(8)),
             and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be
             down.

SEE ALSO
     wall(1), rpc.rwalld(8), rpcbind(8)

HISTORY
     The rwall command appeared in SunOS.

NetBSD 10.99                    April 23, 1991                    NetBSD 10.99