redhat man page for rwall

Query: rwall

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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 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. Linux NetKit (0.17) August 15, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17)
Related Man Pages
rwalld(1m) - opensolaris
rusers(1) - debian
rwalld(1m) - sunos
rpc.rwalld(1m) - sunos
rpc.rwalld(1m) - opensolaris
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