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32.\"     from: @(#)rwall.1	6.7 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
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35.Dd April 23, 1991
36.Dt RWALL 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm rwall
40.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Ar host
44.Op Ar file
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48command sends a message to the users logged into the specified
49.Ar host .
50The
51message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can
52be in a
53.Ar file .
54.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
55.Bl -diag
56.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
57The
58.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
59daemon has not been started on the remote host.
60.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
61A communication error occurred.
62Either the network is
63excessively congested, or the
64.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
65daemon has terminated on the remote host.
66.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
67The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
68.Xr rpcbind 8 ) ,
69and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.
70The host may be down.
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr who 1 ,
74.Xr rpcbind 8 ,
75.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
76.Sh HISTORY
77The
78.Nm
79command
80appeared in
81.Em Sun-OS .
82.Sh BUGS
83The sorting options are not implemented.
84