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31.Dd April 23, 1991
32.Dt RWALL 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm rwall
36.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Ar host
40.Op Ar file
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44command sends a message to the users logged into the specified
45.Ar host .
46The
47message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can
48be in a
49.Ar file .
50.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
51.Bl -diag
52.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
53The
54.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
55daemon has not been started on the remote host.
56.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
57A communication error occurred.
58Either the network is
59excessively congested, or the
60.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
61daemon has terminated on the remote host.
62.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
63The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
64.Xr rpcbind 8 ) ,
65and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.
66The host may be down.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr who 1 ,
70.Xr rpc.rwalld 8 ,
71.Xr rpcbind 8
72.Sh HISTORY
73The
74.Nm
75command
76appeared in
77.Em Sun-OS .
78.Sh BUGS
79The sorting options are not implemented.
80