NAME 

rwall - send a message to users logged on a host

SYNOPSIS 

rwall host [file ] rwall -n netgroup [file ]

DESCRIPTION 

The rwall command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host or to users on all hosts in the specified netgroup. 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.rwalld8 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.rwalld8 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.rwalld8

HISTORY 

The rwall command appeared in SunOS