Close socket/port

THETEZ · 03-27-2004, 08:34 PM

is there a command to close a socket or port thats already in use

Technonotice · 03-28-2004, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by THETEZ
is there a command to close a socket or port thats already in use

Run netstat -lp as root and in the last column, it will list the PID of the process and its name. You will then know which program is opening the port and shut it down.

HTH,

THETEZ · 03-28-2004, 11:40 AM

i dont have a way to shutdown my program yet so im using ctrl+z

the process is not running but the port is still being used

Crashed_Again · 03-28-2004, 03:16 PM

If a program is not using a certain port then the port will not stay open. Using ctrl+z places the process in the background which means its still running. You have to use ctrl+c to terminate the process.

What port are you talking about?

THETEZ · 03-28-2004, 08:05 PM

Thanx killing the process worked. I thought control z killed it because i tried it before and it told me "process so and so doesnt exist"
maybe i put in the wrong pid.