On Tuesday June 13, rsousa@grad.physics.sunysb.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just realized that exporting a directory with an already mounted
> file system pins it down and it's not possible to umount it. That is:
>
> mount /dev/hda1 /tmp
> exportfs -r <-- export /tmp
> umount /tmp <-- fails (/tmp busy)
> exportfs -au
> umount /tmp <-- succeeds
>
> But if I do:
>
> exportfs -r
> mount /tmp
> umount /tmp <-- succeeds
>
> Is this right? Or not a kernel issue?
>
> This is kernel 2.2.16, knfsd-1.4.7-7 and RedHat 6.1
>
> Rui Sousa
Yep, thats right.
Same as if you cd to the directory, or hold open a file in the mounted
filesystem or ....
How do you expect knfsd to export something that isn't mounted?
Do you have a specific problem with this, or were you just wondering?
NeilBrown
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