When some processes stop Solaris Zone from being shutdown

If Solaris Zone takes long time to shutdown, you may need to examine the process with '*' on the state status.

$ svcs -a grep sendmail
*online Mar_09 svc:/network/smtp:sendmail

#==find the process id of the offending process
$svcs -p sendmail
STATE STIME FMRI
*online Mar_09 svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
Mar_09 309 sendmail
Mar_09 310 sendmail

#==Then kill with kill cmd



#==If it happens quite offen, You may find the following script handy.

#!/bin/ksh
SVCNAMES=$@
CNT=0
DELAY=5
#
getpid () {
           
        SVC=$1
        /usr/bin/svcs $SVC >/dev/null
        if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
                PID=0       
                return 1
        fi
        PID=`/usr/bin/svcs -Hp $SVC|tail +2 | awk '{print $2}'| tail -1`
        if [ -z "$PID" ];then
                PID=1            
        fi                       
        return 0    
}

[ -z $SVCNAMES ] && echo "Usage $0 svcname1 [svcname2] .."

for SVCNAME in $SVCNAMES
do

getpid  $SVCNAME 

if [ $PID -lt 1 ];then
        echo "No pid found for $SVCNAME"
                exit 1
fi

while [ $PID -gt 1 ]
do
        echo "Delay for " $DELAY " secs"
        sleep $DELAY;
        getpid $SVCNAME
        CNT=`expr $CNT + 1 `    
        if [ $CNT -le 7 ] && [ $PID -gt 1 ];then
         echo "Service $SVCNAME is still running after " `expr $CNT \* $DELAY ` "secs, Gracefully  kill it: kill $PID"
           kill $PID
        elif [ $CNT -gt 7 ] && [ $PID -gt 1 ];then
         echo "Service $SVCNAME is still running after " `expr $CNT \* $DELAY ` "secs, Forcefully  kill it: kill -9 $PID"
        kill -9 $PID

        fi  
done
sleep 2;
/usr/bin/svcs $SVCNAME | grep disabled  

if [ $?  -eq 0   ]; then
        echo "Service is stopped"
else
        echo "Service is till running, please kill it mannually"
        exit 1
fi

done