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Old 05-11-2011
Network How to close a unix port
I have an issue with port 7331 on our Unix box that is hung, It is stuck in a listen status:

Code:
ukh-o2-jcaps1:/tstjcaps6/apptest2> netstat -a|grep 7331
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.59010       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.59215       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.59459       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.59668       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.59912       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.60130       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.60361       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4    1019      0  ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331     10.230.6.7.60578       CLOSE_WAIT
tcp        0      0  *.7331                 *.*                    LISTEN


the lsof shows no PID id is using it. Nothing is displayed. It looks like it is stuck and we need to close it. How do we force close a port w/o a PID process is using it? Thanks

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags when posting code or terminal output to enhance readability. Thank you.
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# 2  
Old 05-11-2011
I have always been able to find a process doing a listen. Are you running lsof as root? Did you use lsof -i :7331? Also what OS are you using?
# 3  
Old 05-11-2011
Not in this case. we have non displayed for this port. We fixed the issue by rebooting the server, but there got to be a quicker way to close a runaway port / orphan port. it is AIX VER 5.3. tl11 sp4
# 4  
Old 05-12-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrn6430
I have an issue with port 7331 on our Unix box that is hung, It is stuck in a listen status:

ukh-o2-jcaps1:/tstjcaps6/apptest2> netstat -a|grep 7331
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.59010 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.59215 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.59459 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.59668 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.59912 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.60130 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.60361 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 1019 0 ukh-o2-jcaps1.7331 10.230.6.7.60578 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 0 0 *.7331 *.* LISTEN


the lsof shows no PID id is using it. Nothing is displayed. It looks like it is stuck and we need to close it. How do we force close a port w/o a PID process is using it? Thanks
Try these..

Code:
 netstat --tcp --udp --listening --program

or

Code:
 fuser -v 7331/tcp

That should tell you what program is associated with the port.

This should all tell you a bit more and now you can kill it.

Code:
 fuser -vk 7331/tcp

# 5  
Old 05-12-2011
when i run fuser -v 7331/tcp i get this error:

fuser: Not a recognized flag: v
Illegal option ignored.
7331/tcp: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
# 6  
Old 05-12-2011
Those options work in Linux. This is not exactly a shell scripting issue. I am going to move this thread to the AIX forum. Maybe the AIX experts can help you out.
# 7  
Old 05-23-2011
any takers please?
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