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man pages section 8: System Administration Commands

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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

rwalld(8)

Name

rpc.rwalld, rwalld - network rwall server

Synopsis

/usr/lib/netsvc/rwall/rpc.rwalld

FMRI

svc:/network/rpc/wall:default

Description

rpc.rwalld is an RPC service that handles rwall(8) requests. It is implemented by calling wall(8) with the text sent by rwall. The rpc.rwalld daemon may be started by inetd(8).

Attributes

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
service/network/legacy-remote-utilities
Interface Stability
Committed

See Also

svcs(1), attributes(7), smf(7), inetadm(8), inetd(8), rwall(8), svcadm(8), wall(8)

Notes

The rpc.rwalld service is managed by the service management facility, smf(7), under the service identifier:

svc:/network/rpc/wall:default

Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(8). Responsibility for initiating and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(8). Use inetadm(8) to make configuration changes and to view configuration information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

History

The rpc.rwalld service has been present since the initial release of Solaris.

The rpc.rwalld service was enabled by default in releases up through Solaris 9. In Solaris 10 and later, it is disabled by default.