Linux: Fixing a dangling mount point (zombie mounts)
by admin on Nov.09, 2025, under News
The output (d????????? ? ? ? ? ? /mnt/mymount) means the directory entry is corrupted or the underlying mount is broken — typically a “dangling” or zombie mountpoint.
To fix it we’d run the following commands:
findmnt -rno TARGET,SOURCE | grep mymount umount /mnt/mymount
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