[lug] Force umount

[D. Stimits]

Shannon Johnston wrote:
> I've got a smb mount that is being difficult. I'm not sure what's wrong
> but I'm getting some I/O errors. Does anybody know of a way to force
> umount? 
> 
> [root at TDT shared]# ls
> ls: .: Input/output error
> 

Ideally you would use fuser to determine what is holding it open. I 
think a forced umount could be catastrophic at times, though SMB might 
be a bit different than regular partitions. I have had things as simple 
as man pages keep a partition from umounting.

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net