[vox-tech] user -l

[Lewis Perdue]

>
>
>lewis, i'd be careful with that lazy umount.  it may or may not cause
>trouble.
>
>next time the problem happens, do this:
>
>    $ ps aux > processes.txt
>    $ su
>    Passowrd: secret
>    # fuser -k /dev/hda1
>
>replace "hda1" with whatever partition you're trying to umount.  fuser
>will kill all non "D-type" processes that have file descriptors open on
>the filesystem.  It'll print out the PID of the processes that it
>killed, and you can grep for them in your "processes.txt" file to see
>what the hang-up was.
>
>maybe the hang-up was unimportant, but maybe not.  at the very least
>you'll KNOW, beyond a shadow of a doubt, why the filesystem isn't
>umounting.
>
>fuser is a resource that anybody who (pretends to) wear a sysadmin hat
>should know about.
>
>hth,
>pete


Thanks pete ... yes, know about fuser, but I guess I was -l myself ;->

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