On Tuesday 22 July 2003 18:28, Dan Zlotnikov wrote: > I proceed to do the following (cdrom is mounted, accord. to fuser no > processes are using it) > alpha:/cdrom# adsl-start > . Connected! > > alpha:/cdrom#fuser /cdrom/ > /cdrom/: 2176c 2485c 2513c 2515c > > The processes are: (incidentally, this is all being done as root) > > root 2176 0.0 0.4 2308 1392 pts/2 S 10:42 0:00 bash > root 2485 0.0 0.3 2080 1048 pts/2 S 12:18 0:00 /bin/sh > /usr/sbin/adsl-connect > root 2513 0.0 0.2 1936 912 ? S 12:18 0:00 > /usr/sbin/pppd pty /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe.conf-adsl.pid.pppoe > -I eth0 -T 80 -U -m 1412 noi > root 2515 0.0 0.1 1212 440 ? S 12:18 0:00 > /usr/sbin/pppoe -p /var/run/pppoe.conf-adsl.pid.pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -U -m > 1412 > > For some obscure reason, my running adsl-start from /cdrom has mated the > processes to the directory. > > Is that supposed to happen?
It does not mate the process to that directory as such, the system keeps a track of what is started and where it was started from. You can find all associated process in the /proc filesystem under PID's shown by fuser /cdrom As someone else mentioned you can try umount -l providing you use a kernel higher than 2.4.10. > Additional info: System is standalone, no NFS or other users present. > > Dan > -- If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
