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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 BSD 4.2
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 host. The
49message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can
50be in a
51.Ar file .
52.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
53.Bl -tag -width indent
54.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
55The
56.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
57daemon has not been started on the remote host.
58.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
59A communication error occurred.  Either the network is
60excessively congested, or the
61.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
62daemon has terminated on the remote host.
63.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
64The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
65.Xr portmap 8 ),
66and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
67.El
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr who 1 ,
70.Xr portmap 8 ,
71.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
72.Sh HISTORY
73The
74.Nm
75command
76appeared in
77.Em Sun-OS .
78.Sh BUGS
79The sorting options are not implemented.
80