<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>+1 for autofs<br><br>static mounts of network file-systems from /etc/fstab suck<br><br>autofs keeps the system clean and tidy<br><span><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir="ltr">You can unmount it and remount it to avoid the reboot. I'd suggest looking to autofs - it'll mount your device/partition on demand (as requested, automatically) and unmount when unused therefore avoiding the mount going stale.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Mike Bean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beandaemon@gmail.com" target="_blank">beandaemon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>We seem to be developing an impressive array of problems with stale nfs mounts; what research I've been doing suggests mostly just rebooting the box. Is there a better way that has escaped my efforts?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Mike Bean<br></font></span></div>
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