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 A NFS can be mounted only if the server recognises the client by its primary name (according to the server hostfile matching the primary IP address). An NFS demon (nfsd) acts on the server on behalf of the NFS client regarding FS operations and acquires necessary locks on the server. Shutting down the server without unmounting clients can turn client processes into zombies entering a kernel mode (kill -9 is ineffective). The only way to kill those zombies is to shutdown the client.

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