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rwall(1) [netbsd man page]

RWALL(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  RWALL(1)

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 rpcbind(8)), and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services. The host may be down. SEE ALSO
wall(1), rpc.rwalld(8), rpcbind(8) HISTORY
The rwall command appeared in SunOS. BSD
April 23, 1991 BSD

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RWALL(1)                                                    BSD General Commands Manual                                                   RWALL(1)

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. Linux NetKit (0.17) August 15, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17)
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