rwall(1M)

NAME

     rwall - write to all users over a network

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sbin/rwall hostname...

     /usr/sbin/rwall -n netgroup...

     /usr/sbin/rwall -h hostname -n netgroup

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.  With
     the -n option, it sends to the specified network groups.

OPTIONS

     -n netgroup
           Send the broadcast message to  the  specified  network
           groups.

     -h hostname
           Specify the hostname, the name of the host machine.

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWrcmdc                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     inetd(1M),  listen(1M),  pmadm(1M),  sacadm(1M),   wall(1M),
     attributes(5)

NOTES

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