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32.Dd April 23, 1991
33.Dt RWALL 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm rwall
37.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Ar host
41.Op Ar file
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45command sends a message to the users logged into the specified
46.Ar host .
47The
48message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can
49be in a
50.Ar file .
51.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
52.Bl -diag
53.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
54The
55.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
56daemon has not been started on the remote host.
57.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
58A communication error occurred.
59Either 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 rpcbind 8 ) ,
66and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.
67The host may be down.
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr who 1 ,
71.Xr rpcbind 8 ,
72.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76command
77appeared in
78.Em Sun-OS .
79.Sh BUGS
80The sorting options are not implemented.
81