rwalld(8)

rwalld8

Write messages to users currently logged in server

Part of rpc.rwalld(8).

Usage

/usr/libexec/rpc.rwalld

Overview

rpc.rwalld is a server which will send a message to users currently logged in to the system. This server invokes the wall(1) command to actually write the messages to the system.

Messages are sent to this server by the rwall(1) command. The rpc.rwalld daemon is normally invoked by inetd(8).

rpc.rwalld uses an RPC protocol defined in /usr/include/rpcsvc/rwall.x.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 1.1
  2. 1.3–2.1

From netstd 3.07-7slink.3 in Debian 2.1 (Slink). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.