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dance2die
Asked: 2009-05-01 16:29:57 +0800 CST

How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?

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I can tell what process is holding a lock using Unlocker.

But the problem is that, when there is a lock on a file on a remote machine, Unlocker doesn't show who or what process is locking.

Is there anyway what is holding a lock on a remote file (my remote file is mapped through a network drive)? and also how to remove the lock?

windows network-share filesystems locking

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Open up Computer Management, right click (my) Computer and click "Manage":

    System Tools > Shared Folders > Open Files

    To connect to a remote machine, select "Computer Managment (Local)" in the left pane, then pull up the "Action > Connect to another computer..." dialog, enter the computer name, and hit ok.

    You can disconnect sessions from this interface as well.

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  2. Process Explorer can search for handle on a file

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    On a remote machine however, you want to combine PsExec with Handle in order to execute Handle on the distant computer.

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  3. Look at handle from Sysinternals.

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  4. Unlocker is a great tool.

    We have it on all of our Windows servers. It will unlock the file for you and show you what is using it.

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  5. I don't have experience in this, but the openfiles command might do what you want.

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  6. If you're on Unix/Linux/BSD, lsof(8) should do what you want.

    drewble:~$ lsof /home/drew/.purple/cap.db 
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE   SIZE    NODE NAME
pidgin  6488 drew   13u   REG   8,18 679936 9971928 /home/drew/.purple/cap.db
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