How do I forcibly unmount a CIFS filesystem?

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Issue

  • A CIFS mount has become unresponsive and it is necessary to forcibly unmount the CIFS filesystem.
  • Using the '-f' option fails to force the unmount.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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