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32.\"     @(#)rwall.1	6.7 (Berkeley) 4/23/91
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34.Dd April 23, 1991
35.Dt RWALL 1
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm rwall
39.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm rwall
42.Ar host
43.Op Ar file
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm rwall
47command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host. The
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.  Either the network is
59excessively congested, or the
60.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
61daemon has terminated on the remote host.
62.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
63The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
64.Xr portmap 8 ),
65and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr portmap 8 ,
69.Xr who 1 ,
70.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Nm rwall
74command
75appeared in
76.Em Sun-OS .
77.Sh BUGS
78The sorting options are not implemented.
79