Unable to unmount a NFS mount as it is not available in /proc/mounts

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Issue

  • A NFS share is reported as mounted in # df and # mount, but can not be unmounted.
  • Attempting to unmount the share returns share was not found in /proc/mounts

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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