SUMMARY: Stuck Stale NFS - How do I umount now?

From: Wayne Sweatt <sweatt_at_dps.state.nm.us>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 17:36:06 -0600

Sorry this took so long!
Been busy!

The (My) fix was to download the "lsof" utility, compile it,
and run it: 'lsof /usr/local' and..... Bingo!
I found three processes running out of /usr/local.
They were killable, so I killed them off, unmounted and then remounted /usr/local.
Everything has been fine since.

Thanks to all who responded.

Gene Huft
Anthony Talltree
Richard Bemrose
Brian Parkhurst
Alan Garde
Knut Hellebo
Weley Darlington

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Wayne Sweatt
Principal Software Analyst
Litton / PRC
505.827.9288
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Sweatt [SMTP:sweatt_at_dps.state.nm.us]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 3:49 PM
To: 'DU Mail List'
Subject: Stuck Stale NFS - How do I umount now?

This problem seems to be age old...
Due to an unknown network problem I know have my /usr/local
unmountable because it claims it's busy.
I've killed off everything user-wise, there are no processes currently
referencing a file in that directory tree.
It also returns the message that it's a stale NFS mount as well.
An 'ls' of the /usr directory shows no local directory.
Besides rebooting, how do I force the unmounting of the /usr/local directory?
I wish there was an option to force an unmount of any NFS mounted filesystem.
If there are any processes referencing a file in that mount path, then prompt
before killing the process, or better yet, a way to see what in the world is causing
the NFS mount to be "busy".

Thanks,
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 23:39:16 NZST

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