tcpip set noservice, but port still active

[Thomas A. Williams]

I removed a tcpip service with "set noservice", but the port is still listening when I check with the netstat command. Is is possible to clear this out without restarting tcp/ip?

[Volker Halle · Accepted solution]

Thomas,

did you try TCPIP> DISABLE SERVICE xxx

Volker.

[Thomas A. Williams]

No, but I just tried that, and it didn't find the service, since I had already did a "set noservice" on it.

[Steven Schweda]

I believe that SET NOSERVICE is like deleting
a line from /etc/services. DISABLE SERVICE
is more like deleting a line from
/etc/inetd.conf, which sounds like what you
want.

It might be a good idea to do the appropriate
SET SERVICE to restore the lost item there.

[Thomas A. Williams]

That did it! I needed to do a "disable service", then I could do a "set noservice". Thanks!

[Steven Schweda]

> then I could do a "set noservice".

It's not clear to me why you'd want to.
DISABLE SERVICE stops the activity. SET
NOSERVICE causes a loss of potentially useful
information, and, as you've seen, does not
stop the activity.

> It might be a good idea to do the appropriate
> SET SERVICE to restore the lost item there.

And then quit while you're ahead.

[Steven Schweda]

Unless it's some non-standard service which
you added yourself.

[Thomas A. Williams]

it was a non-standard service. thanks for the help.

[Jan van den Ende]

Thomas,

about saying "Thank you". please review

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

PS from your profile:
>>>
I have assigned points to 36 of 122 responses to my questions.
<<<
Maybe time to catch up some?

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Willem Grooters]

I ran into a problem the other day, using the same sequence, though I do not remember the exact sequence. I ended up with a corrupted TCPIP database re-defining the service giving it another name. As a rersult, I had to delete all TCPIP*.DAT files and redo the TCPIP configuration.

The right order is:

* Disable the service: TCPIP DISABLE SERVICE
* Delete the service: TCPIP SET NOSERVICE (from the volatile database), and/ or
TCPIP SET CONFIG NOSERVICE (from the permanenet database)