Using samba-3.0.20-r1, the following command will not work: net rpc shutdown -r -f -t 1 <ip-address> -I <ip-address> -U <ip-address>/<username> the error message is: [2005/09/19 10:00:13, 0] utils/net_rpc.c:rpc_init_shutdown_internals(4485) Shutdown of remote machine failed! [2005/09/19 10:00:13, 0] utils/net_rpc.c:rpc_reg_shutdown_internals(4555) Shutdown of remote machine failed! Using samba-3.0.14a-r2 the command works as expected. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge samba 2. net rpc shutdown -r -f -t 1 <ip> -I <ip> -U <ip>/<username> 3. enter password Actual Results: Received error message: [2005/09/19 10:00:13, 0] utils/net_rpc.c:rpc_init_shutdown_internals(4485) Shutdown of remote machine failed! [2005/09/19 10:00:13, 0] utils/net_rpc.c:rpc_reg_shutdown_internals(4555) Shutdown of remote machine failed! Machine does not restart. Expected Results: Should have gotten message: Shutdown of remote machine succeeded Remote machine should restart. emerge info: Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.noved.org/ http://gentoo.ccccom.com" MAKEOPTS="-j7" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl curlwrappers doc dts dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gcj gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk+ gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses network nls nptl nptlonly offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png python qt quicktime quotes readline samba scanner sdl spell sse sse2 ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis win32codecs winbind xanim xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS samba-3.0.14a-r2 works as expected.
using net-fs/samba-3.0.23a i can use `net shutdown` just peachy