Bug 1413537 - usr/bin/shutdown --no-wall argument ignored
Summary: usr/bin/shutdown --no-wall argument ignored
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: 25
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-01-16 10:32 UTC by Michal Schorm
Modified: 2017-03-06 10:34 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-03-06 10:34:45 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Michal Schorm 2017-01-16 10:32:53 UTC
When I use "shutdown -r --no-wall", the "--no-wall" argument is ignored.

Spotted in all Fedora versions.

Severity set to  high, since in some cases it can block user from use of "shutdown -r" (Failed to set wall message, ignoring: Connection timed out)



As I remember, it can be solved most of the times, calling this as a root. However, most of the times I really need this command, I can't log in as root. (Either don't know root credentials or "su" command freeze)

Comment 1 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2017-01-28 02:57:41 UTC
Are you sure that the argument is ignored? I gave this some (light) testing now, and it seems to work just fine. This is with F25, but this code hasn't changed in ages.

Please note that --no-wall has no influence on whether shutdown comunicates with systemd-logind. It just means that systemd-logind will not broadcast the message, but it'll still be stored in systemd-logind, and can be retrieved e.g. using "loginctl show-session -p WallMessage".

I think this is just a misunderstanding.

Comment 2 Michal Schorm 2017-03-06 10:34:45 UTC
Hi,
under a fresh light of other bug reports, this could be caused by damaged systemd.

The issue appears only together with other bugs I reported.

I'll close this bug until I'll found out, what's wrong with my systemd and how to solve it.

Then it either won't appear again or I'll reopen it with new information.


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