Hello! This happens on RedHat Linux 7.0, i686 with Linux-2.4.3-ac3. Chmod on the top-level inode of ramfs make it impossible to unmount the filesystem. Chmod on other files has no effect. [root@fonzie /root]# umount t1 [root@fonzie /root]# mount -t ramfs none t1 [root@fonzie /root]# touch t1/foo [root@fonzie /root]# umount t1 [root@fonzie /root]# mount -t ramfs none t1 [root@fonzie /root]# touch t1/foo [root@fonzie /root]# chmod 600 t1/foo [root@fonzie /root]# umount t1 [root@fonzie /root]# mount -t ramfs none t1 [root@fonzie /root]# chmod 600 t1 [root@fonzie /root]# umount t1 umount: /root/t1: device is busy -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/