In linux, umount has the -l option:
Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierarchy now, and
> cleanup all references to the filesystem as soon as it is not busy anymore.
> (Requires kernel 2.4.11 or later.)
I've used this flag (in conjunction with -f) for this exact situation,
That was a reasonable workaround! Going through the documentation and
reading a bit, seems "intr" is what I should add to my mount options to
avoid completely hung processes.
That was helpful, Thanks Dag!
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Dag Richards
wrote:
> I had this happen once before in the
I had this happen once before in the long long ago.
I wound up creating a new nfs server with an export of the same name.
The client was then able to dismount.
Certainly a PITA, a reboot though cause for self loathing may be simpler.
If you mount from fstab in the future make sure you soft mount
Hello,
I've a stale nfs mount stuck on one of the client machines. The NFS server
was powered down and decommissioned, but the client did not umount the nfs
directory beforehand. Is there a way for me to clean up the stale nfs
connection on the client side without restarting the machine? I've trie
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