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