At Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:28:38 -0700, "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: So it seems "umount -f /nfs/mount" still doesn't work..... > > At Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:52:37 -0700, "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.com@localhost> wrote: > Subject: So it seems "umount -f /nfs/mount" still doesn't work..... > > > So, I should have mentioned that "umount -f nfs.server:/remotefs" does work (i.e. it does not hang waiting for the server to reconnect, and provided that there are no processes with cwd or open files on the remote filesystem, it can unmount the filesystem). I.e. the problem is in how umount(8) looks up the parameters of the mount point. If it looks at the mount point it hangs, but if it looks through the mount table, it works. -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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