List all the processes that are accessing the file system so that you know which processes you are going to stop.
# fuser -c [ -u ] /mount-point |
-c |
Reports on files that are mount points for file systems and any files within those mounted file systems. |
-u |
Displays the user login name for each process ID. |
/mount-point |
Specifies the name of the file system for which you want to stop processes. |
Stop all processes that are accessing the file system.
# fuser -c -k /mount-point |
A SIGKILL is sent to each process that is using the file system.
You should not stop a user's processes without first warning the user.
Verify that there are no processes that are accessing the file system.
# fuser -c /mount-point |
The following example shows how to stop process 4006c that is using the /export/home file system.
# fuser -c /export/home /export/home: 4006c # fuser -c -k /export/home /export/home: 4006c # fuser -c /export/home /export/home: |