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32.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
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 rwall
40.Ar host
41.Op Ar file
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host.
46The message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF or it can
47be in a
48.Ar file .
49.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
52The
53.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
54daemon has not been started on the remote host.
55.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
56A communication error occurred.
57Either the network is excessively congested, or the
58.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
59daemon has terminated on the remote host.
60.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
61The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
62.Xr portmap 8 ) ,
63and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.
64The host may be down.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr wall 1 ,
68.Xr portmap 8 ,
69.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Nm
73command
74appeared in
75.Tn SunOS .
76