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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 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.


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