Ubuntu, how to unmount remote shared drive if the share is down?












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I have a remote share on another computer which is currently down.



The command I used to mount is:



sudo mount //10.10.100.100/files /home/user/remoteDir/ -o username=user,password=pass,dir_mode=777,file_mode=777


I cannot unmount through the gui as it says the device is busy, because it is down and I cannot find the correct syntax to unmount it from the terminal as I always get some error.



The reason I want to unmount is because the system is running really slow with the server being down and I am hoping mounting will fix it, and I cannot restart the system at the moment.



Thanks.



Updates:



I tried umount and smbmount for the share and keep getting command not found?



I tried umount again and this time the command work, but I got an error saying device is busy.










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    I have a remote share on another computer which is currently down.



    The command I used to mount is:



    sudo mount //10.10.100.100/files /home/user/remoteDir/ -o username=user,password=pass,dir_mode=777,file_mode=777


    I cannot unmount through the gui as it says the device is busy, because it is down and I cannot find the correct syntax to unmount it from the terminal as I always get some error.



    The reason I want to unmount is because the system is running really slow with the server being down and I am hoping mounting will fix it, and I cannot restart the system at the moment.



    Thanks.



    Updates:



    I tried umount and smbmount for the share and keep getting command not found?



    I tried umount again and this time the command work, but I got an error saying device is busy.










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      I have a remote share on another computer which is currently down.



      The command I used to mount is:



      sudo mount //10.10.100.100/files /home/user/remoteDir/ -o username=user,password=pass,dir_mode=777,file_mode=777


      I cannot unmount through the gui as it says the device is busy, because it is down and I cannot find the correct syntax to unmount it from the terminal as I always get some error.



      The reason I want to unmount is because the system is running really slow with the server being down and I am hoping mounting will fix it, and I cannot restart the system at the moment.



      Thanks.



      Updates:



      I tried umount and smbmount for the share and keep getting command not found?



      I tried umount again and this time the command work, but I got an error saying device is busy.










      share|improve this question
















      I have a remote share on another computer which is currently down.



      The command I used to mount is:



      sudo mount //10.10.100.100/files /home/user/remoteDir/ -o username=user,password=pass,dir_mode=777,file_mode=777


      I cannot unmount through the gui as it says the device is busy, because it is down and I cannot find the correct syntax to unmount it from the terminal as I always get some error.



      The reason I want to unmount is because the system is running really slow with the server being down and I am hoping mounting will fix it, and I cannot restart the system at the moment.



      Thanks.



      Updates:



      I tried umount and smbmount for the share and keep getting command not found?



      I tried umount again and this time the command work, but I got an error saying device is busy.







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          sudo umount -l /home/user/remoteDir/


          Seems to have worked.



          I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/475288



          Are there any issues or alternatives to using the -l switch?






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            sudo umount -l /home/user/remoteDir/


            Seems to have worked.



            I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/475288



            Are there any issues or alternatives to using the -l switch?






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              sudo umount -l /home/user/remoteDir/


              Seems to have worked.



              I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/475288



              Are there any issues or alternatives to using the -l switch?






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                sudo umount -l /home/user/remoteDir/


                Seems to have worked.



                I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/475288



                Are there any issues or alternatives to using the -l switch?






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                sudo umount -l /home/user/remoteDir/


                Seems to have worked.



                I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/475288



                Are there any issues or alternatives to using the -l switch?







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