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From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com>
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Subject: Re: NFS discovery
In-Reply-To: <199806011908.DAA10546@spinner.netplex.com.au> from Peter Wemm at "Jun 2, 98 03:08:23 am"
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Peter Wemm once stated:

=That's because umount (in it's infinite wisdom) tries to stat() the
=argument to see what file type (/dev node) or directory it is (and resolve
=symlinks and other wierd things).  This causes the NFS hang.

If the client is SGI, it is possible to drop the dead mount with

	umount server:/server/path
if
	umount /client/path
hangs.

I'm glad to see someone else agreeing here. It seems incredibly stupid
if a reboot is required to get rid of the hanging nfs mount point.

	-mi

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