Clearing TCP Port

[Leon Stevens]

I have an client application that is communication with a process on the server through a tcp port. If the process on the server is stopped, the client does not release the port unless the client process is stopped. Does anyone know of a command that will clear the tcp port on the server without having to stop the client process (person logged on to client has gone home without logging out).

[Rick Garland]

With the use of lsof, you can get the specifics to kill the process.
lsof can be obtained from the porting center.

[James R. Ferguson]

Leon:

This is annoying to say the least. See:

Document #A5462896: "IP: how to change the time a closed socket stays in TIME_WAIT state".

and Document #KBRC00004355: "netstat -an reveals TCP connections in a "CLOSE_WAIT" state".

Together, these should help explain why this happens and how to use 'ndd' to sever the connection.

...JRF...



Perhaps this will help you avoid or lessen the problem.

...JRF...