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Date:      22 Sep 1997 23:19:33 -0500
From:      Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Killing a socket
Message-ID:  <85k9g8mzl6.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>
In-Reply-To: Jacques Hugo's message of Mon, 22 Sep 1997 16:33:46 %2B0200
References:  <342681CA.237C228A@wired.ctech.ac.za>

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Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> writes:
> Hi there ...
> 
> I don't know if this can be done ... but anyway ;)
> 
> If I connect to a server with ssh, that server gets
> my request and lets me through after the auth.
> 
> If I kill that connection, then on netstat -a it 
> shows that that connection is still ESTABLISHED.
> 
> How can I kill that socket.  Is there a util to 
> do this or can it be done by hand?

Use the `lsof' program to find out which process owns the socket, then
find a way to get that program to give it up.

-Dave




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