Follow the steps:
- Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
- 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 systemsand 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
ASIGKILL is sent to each process that is using the file system.
Note – You should not stop a user’s processes without first warning the user.
Verify that no processes are accessing the file system.
# fuser -c /mount-point
- StoppingAll ProcessesAccessing a File System
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
Example:
bash-2.03$ sudo fuser -c /home
/home: 3702c 3701c 3008c
bash-2.03$ sudo fuser -c -k /home
/home: 3702c 3710c 3008c
bash-2.03$ sudo fuser -c /home
/home:
