NAME

       rwall — send a message to users logged on a host

SYNOPSIS

       rwall host [file]

DESCRIPTION

       The rwall command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host. The message to be sent can
       be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can be in a file.

DIAGNOSTICS

       rwall: RPC: Program not registered
               The rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has not been started on the remote host.

       rwall: RPC: Timed out
               A   communication   error  occurred.   Either  the  network  is  excessively  congested,  or  the
               rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has terminated on the remote host.

       rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
               The remote host is not running the portmapper (see portmap(8) ), and cannot accommodate any  RPC-
               based services.  The host may be down.

SEE ALSO

       wall(1), portmap(8), rpc.rwalld(8)

HISTORY

       The rwall command appeared in SunOS.

Linux NetKit (0.17)                              August 15, 1999                                        RWALL(1)