rwall(1M)                                                         rwall(1M)


   NAME
         rwall - write to all users over a network

   SYNOPSIS
         /usr/sbin/rwall hostname ...

   DESCRIPTION
         rwall reads a message from standard input until EOF.  It then sends
         this message, preceded by the line:

               Broadcast Message ...

         to all users logged in on the specified host machines.

         A machine can only receive such a message if it is running
         rwalld(1M), which may be started by inetd(1M) or listen(1M).

   NOTES
         The timeout is fairly short to allow transmission to a large group of
         machines (some of which may be down) in a reasonable amount of time.
         Thus the message may not get through to a heavily loaded machine.

   SEE ALSO
         inetd(1M), listen(1M), pmadm(1M), rwalld(1M), sacadm(1M), wall(1)





























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