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

On Windows 2008 R2 servers you have two means of viewing what files are open and closing those connections.

Via Share and Storage Management

Server Manager > Roles > File Services > Share and Storage Management > right-click on SaSM > Manage Open File

Via OpenFiles

CMD > Openfiles.exe /query /s SERVERNAME

See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490961.aspx.