Find out who is locking a file on a network share

Question

I want to known who is locking a file on a network share.

Here is the problem : the network share is on a NAS, so I can\'t log on. I need a tool to find out remotely who

Answer 1

sounds like you have the same problem i tried to solve here. in my case, it's a Linux fileserver (running samba, of course), so i can log in and see what process is locking the file; unfortunately, i haven't found how to close it without killing the responsible session. AFAICT, the windows client 'thinks' it's closed; but didn't bother telling the fileserver.