On local filesystems, root usually has full access (read/write) to directories/files inside of it. But for NFS directory mounted from nework, root usually has no permission to write to it. How to make root act as on local directory for NFS directory? The reason that NFS directory is non-accessible to root is likely “root_squash”. It […]
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How do I force Linux to unmount a filesystem?
Some time, Linux fails to unmount a filesystem reporting “device is busy”. I understand that this helps avoid data lost by disallowing unmouting a filesystem when it is being used. But for some situations, I am sure there is something wrong happened or I care not data lost, such as a NFS mounting while the […]
How to force umount a NFS directory on Linux?
The NFS server is down. It is reported “Stale NFS file handle”. I tried ‘umount’ and ‘umount -f’. But neither succeeded. # umount /mnt/store umount.nfs: /mnt/store: Stale NFS file handle # umount -f /mnt/store umount.nfs: /mnt/store: Stale NFS file handle How to force umounting the NFS without rebooting the Linux server? I usually have to […]