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sjf...@my-deja.com
Sep 13, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/13/00
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You're right; it's /etc/rmtab. Apparently this file can get "out-of-
date", ie, there isn't necessarily a mechanism to clean out the old
entries. (_Essential System Administration_ by Aileen Frisch agrees
with this; she says you should copy /dev/null onto the file
occasionally to clean it up.)
date", ie, there isn't necessarily a mechanism to clean out the old
entries. (_Essential System Administration_ by Aileen Frisch agrees
with this; she says you should copy /dev/null onto the file
occasionally to clean it up.)
Thanks,
sjfromm
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sjf...@my-deja.com
Sep 13, 2000, 9:25:18 AM9/13/00
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When I reboot my machine (runs SunOs 5.5.1), I get error messages of
the following type:
the following type:
rwall: Can't send to hostname
hostname: RPC: program not registered
Eventually, it will ignore whatever this is that it's unhappy about,
but it slows down the reboot.
Most of the hostnames it's mentioning don't even exist anymore (well,
the IP address might still live in the domain name lookup table, but
the hosts are long gone). What configuration file do I need to remove
these names from?
James A. Williams
Sep 13, 2000, 9:49:53 AM9/13/00
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Maybe you are trying to mount NFS file systems (in /etc/vfstab) that don't
exist any more? If so, remove the entries.
exist any more? If so, remove the entries.
Jim Glockling
Sep 13, 2000, 9:58:56 AM9/13/00
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In article <8pnv73$gqd$1...@nnrp1.deja.com> sjf...@my-deja.com writes:
>When I reboot my machine (runs SunOs 5.5.1), I get error messages of
>the following type:
>
>rwall: Can't send to hostname
>hostname: RPC: program not registered
>
>Eventually, it will ignore whatever this is that it's unhappy about,
>but it slows down the reboot.
>
>Most of the hostnames it's mentioning don't even exist anymore (well,
>the IP address might still live in the domain name lookup table, but
>the hosts are long gone). What configuration file do I need to remove
>these names from?
>When I reboot my machine (runs SunOs 5.5.1), I get error messages of
>the following type:
>
>rwall: Can't send to hostname
>hostname: RPC: program not registered
>
>Eventually, it will ignore whatever this is that it's unhappy about,
>but it slows down the reboot.
>
>Most of the hostnames it's mentioning don't even exist anymore (well,
>the IP address might still live in the domain name lookup table, but
>the hosts are long gone). What configuration file do I need to remove
>these names from?
/etc/rmtab
Read the /usr/sbin/shutdown script, and the showmount and rmtab man
pages for more insight.
-Jim G.
David Robinson
Sep 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM9/20/00
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In article <8pnv73$gqd$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, <sjf...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>When I reboot my machine (runs SunOs 5.5.1), I get error messages of
>the following type:
>
>rwall: Can't send to hostname
>hostname: RPC: program not registered
>
>Eventually, it will ignore whatever this is that it's unhappy about,
>but it slows down the reboot.
>When I reboot my machine (runs SunOs 5.5.1), I get error messages of
>the following type:
>
>rwall: Can't send to hostname
>hostname: RPC: program not registered
>
>Eventually, it will ignore whatever this is that it's unhappy about,
>but it slows down the reboot.
As other mentioned, see /etc/rmtab.
The performance problem is fixed in 2.6 so this is much less of an
issue.
-David
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