fuser - identify processes using files or sockets

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Using the following command to check which user(s) are using the file systems.

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# fuser -c <file system>
# fuser -u <file system>

E.g.

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# fuser -c /user/hsiaoc1
/user/hsiaoc1:       30111c
# fuser -u /user/hsiaoc1
/user/hsiaoc1:       30111c(hsiaoc1)

The process(es):

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# ps -ef | grep 30111
hsiaoc1  30111 30109  0 12:28 pts/0    00:00:00 -ksh

Once the process(es) is(are) determined, admin can then kill the process(es) and will be able to un-mount the file system(s).