In RHEL5 there will be probably same issue also with

login_timeout, shell_timeout, power_timeout

(list of all options is available in fence-agents lib/fencing.py)


+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #597253 +++

You wrote:
> While the actual fix appears to work fine, there is a problem with
validating the cluster.conf with the newly added power_wait atttibute:

Indeed, the schema used in validation is part of the system-config-cluster
package which was not refreshed as part of the hotfix. To have it recognise
the new attribute, it would need a patch similar to the following:

--- ./src/misc/cluster.ng.orig 2010-03-10 16:02:40.899864461 +0100
+++ ./src/misc/cluster.ng 2010-03-10 16:08:29.717864438 +0100
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
         <optional>
          <attribute name="force"/>
         </optional>
+        <optional>
+         <attribute name="power_wait"/>
+        </optional>
        </group>
        <!-- GNBD -->
        <group>