Stray NFS lock - how to fix?

John Dalbec <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:59:20 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.redhat.release.seawolf
Organization	Youngstown State University
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

I have an NFS server and several clients.  Sometimes a file will become 
locked and no process seems to be holding the lock.  I can fix this by 
shutting down all the machines and bringing them back up, but is there a 
less disruptive way to release the lock?
Thanks,
John Dalbec