RWALL(1c,C)                 AIX Commands Reference                  RWALL(1c,C)



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rwall



PURPOSE

Writes to all users over a network when NFS is installed.

SYNTAX


         +---------------------+
rwall ---+- -h --- hostname ---+---|
         |      ^            | |
         |      +------------+ |
         +- -n --- netgroup ---+
                ^            |
                +------------+



DESCRIPTION

The rwall command reads a message from standard input and broadcasts it to all
users logged in to the specified host machines.  It reads the message from
standard input until it reaches the end of file.  The rwall sends the message
with the following introduction line:

  Broadcast Message.....

Note:  Users can receive a message only if they are running rpc.rwalld.  This
       daemon is started from the /etc/servers file with the inetd daemon.

FLAG

-h   Sends the message to specific hostnames only.

-n   Sends the message to specific netgroups only.  Groups in the network are
     defined in the netgroup file.

FILES

/etc/netgroup
/etc/servers

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "rpc.rwalld."

See Chapter 18 of the AIX Programming Tools and Interfaces for general
information on using commands in an MBCS environment.



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