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33.Dd April 23, 1991
34.Dt RWALL 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm rwall
38.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Ar host
42.Op Ar file
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46command sends a message to the users logged into the specified 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 -tag -width indent
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 wall 1 ,
71.Xr rpc.rwalld 8 ,
72.Xr rpcbind 8
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76command
77appeared in
78.Tn SunOS .
79