[NTLUG:Discuss] autofs/automnt failing to shutdown

[Greg Edwards]

"Pace, Jonathan" wrote:
> 
> any idea why autofs wouldn't wanna shut down using it's init scripts? on
> RH7.1 with kernel 2.4.5 i can't seem to get a successful shutdown ('service
> autofs stop', '/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs stop', etc. etc. all fail).  this
> makes init 6 hang (so i can't reboot remotely) and leaves files systems
> still mounted so i gotta do a hard reboot and run fsck every time (luckily i
> don't hafta reboot that often, but still...)
> 
> any resources you can point me to?
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Generally this happens when the mount point has current active access. 
For example if the /home is mounted this way and your logged into an
account that is homed under home.  Check what is currently mounted
before you attempt the shutdown to make sure your cwd is not whats
mounted.

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Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com