clear_locks(1M)clear_locks(1M)NAMEclear_locks - clear locks held on behalf of an NFS client
SYNOPSIS
hostname
DESCRIPTION
The command removes all file, record, and share locks created by the
hostname and held on the current host, regardless of which process cre‐
ated or owns the locks.
This command can be run only by the super-user.
This command should only be used to repair the rare case of a client
crashing and failing to clear held locks. Clearing locks held by an
active client may cause applications to fail in an unexpected manner.
Options
Remove all locks created by the current machine and held by the server,
hostname. hostname is the name of host server.
EXIT STATUS
returns:
0 Successful operation.
1 If not root.
2 Usage error.
3 If unable to contact server (RPC).
EXAMPLES
Remove all locks on local NFS server for client, client1:
Remove all locks created by the local client system and held by the
remote NFS server, server1:
SEE ALSOlockd(1M), statd(1M).
clear_locks(1M)