Any command on one directory under / hangs.
 

Hi,

When I try to access directory /backup it just get hangs. when I perform any command ls, lsof, cd, rm.

The directory was temporary mount point of NFS share. NFS share was unavailable for some time and after that I am facing this issue.

Kindly suggest what might me the reason and any work around to solve the issue.

well the reason would be it's trying to hit the NFS server.

try a "umount -l /backup" for a "lazy" umount.

umount and mount the dir again.

umount /backup

mount -t nfs nfsserver:/path/to/share /backup

I often have to do a "umount -fl" in these situations, but yes that's the approach I would take as well.

Hi All,

Thanks for the replies. I used and it worked.

Best Wishes,
Mann.