NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     rwall -- send a message to users logged on a host

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     rwall host [file]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     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 accomodate any RPCbased
 services.  The host may be down.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     who(1), rpc.rwalld(8), rpcbind(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The rwall command appeared in Sun-OS.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sorting options are not implemented.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			April 23, 1991			 FreeBSD 5.2.1