I tried this the first time it happened (this is the second). It didn't work, and I ended up rebooting during the next network outage (ISP's fault, not mine). None of the services running on that machine should cause it, and the more vital ones can't because they're chrooted under /var. Roberto Sanchez wrote: > David Mandelberg wrote: > >> I'm having a problem trying to remount /usr read-only. Some process has >> a file open for writing on /usr even though nothing I'm running on the >> computer should need to open files on /usr for writing (except apt-get >> when I tell it to). >> >> My question is how to I find out what process has a file open for >> writing on /usr? >> >> I've already google'd and tried lsof, but lsof doesn't show anything >> unusual and the documentation doesn't help (I'm probably not using it >> right). >> > > I occasionally get this on my server. I usually just stop non-critical > services (apache, postgresql, postfix, sslwrap, etc.) until I am able > to remount. Once I remount, I restart the services. > > -Roberto Sanchez -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg webmaster@eth0.is-a-geek.org
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