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