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RWALL(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		      RWALL(1)

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 exces‐
	     sively 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 accomodate 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		   Linux NetKit (0.17)

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