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1. * rwall and shutdown: rpc time-outs *

hello -

i was hoping someone could assist with a problem i having using shutdown under
solaris 2.5.1 -

my situation is that when i issue a shutdown, it attemps to rwall: to anyone
that mounted an NFS partition, (i assume because we are using the SUN automounter
facility.  Consequently, i get errors of the nature:

rwall: Can't send to [username]
RCP: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out

I examined the various solutions, and the easiest appeared to be modifying
/etc/shutdown.  I was wondering if anyone could please tell me what lines
need to be edited in the notify() function.  

Currently i have added a   " - a" after the rwall  b/c all our users are
logged in via Xterminals.  however, i have not done anything else.  

Could you kindly advise which lines i should take out for remote broadcasts,
and which i should retain?

Here is the notify portion of my /etc/shutdown:

notify() {
        /usr/sbin/wall -a <<-!
        $1
        !
        if [ -x /usr/sbin/showmount -a -x /usr/sbin/rwall ]
        then
                remotes=`/usr/sbin/showmount`
                if [ "X${remotes}" != "X" ]
                then
                        /usr/sbin/rwall ${remotes} <<-!
                        $1
                        !
                fi
        fi

Any feedback would be most appreciated.

Sincerely,

-kari

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