Re: umount question : can i force umount ???

sysadmin wrote:
Hi here is my question :
root@mailserver# umount -f /mnt/forage
umount2: Device or resource busy
umount: /mnt/forage: device is busy

how can i umount such a filesystem . It is shared through nfs with a lot of other directories, but i can't stop my nfs server .

Are you aware that if you are logged onto a mounted device as any user or as yourself on a different desktop or terminal it will be reported busy and refuse to umount?

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