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