Re: umount /var is busy on shutdown

Hi Steve,

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 15:09, Steve Campbell wrote:
> I noticed back in September that there was a duplicate of this problem, but
> no replies, so I think that this may have never been answered.
> 
> I have recently installed Update 2, a fresh install, not updated. I then
> performed a yum upgrade. I get the message "Umount: /var is busy"  when I
> shutdown (I think after using Mozilla). I have tried booting and then
> immediately shutdown, and the partition umounts fine. I have not loaded many
> other apps yet, so Mozilla is about the only thing I am using off of the
> machine right now.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> I apologize for posting to the wrong list (I386) but this is over on that
> list also.

Is this problem repeatable then?  Run mozilla, shut down & get '/var
busy'?  If so, try running mozilla, then as root, manually switch to
single-user (telinit S), stopping services, and using 'fuser' to see
what's keeping it busy (might want to 'man fuser').  e.g.:
/sbin/fuser -m /var
/var:                 1826  1826r  1826c  1826e  1895  1895r  1895e 
1952  1952r  1952c  1952e  1957  1957r  1957e  1959  1959r  1959e
...
The letter codes indicate how the process is making it busy.

regards,
	David

> Steve Campbell
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> Charleston Newspapers
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