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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
.Dt RWALL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rwall
.Nd send a message to users logged on a host
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rwall
.Ar host
.Op Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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
.Ar file .
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It rwall: RPC: Program not registered
The
.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
daemon has not been started on the remote host.
.It rwall: RPC: Timed out
A communication error occurred.
Either the network is excessively congested, or the
.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
daemon has terminated on the remote host.
.It rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
The remote host is not running the portmapper (see
.Xr portmap 8 ) ,
and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services.
The host may be down.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr wall 1 ,
.Xr portmap 8 ,
.Xr rpc.rwalld 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command
appeared in
.Tn SunOS .