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Linux NetKit (0.17)

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.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.