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 excessively 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
             accommodate 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.