Hi,

Please help me out, how to check whether a port currently being used or not.
is there any command which give the result?

Thanks
Rajesh

You can check it with netstat -a and search for either port name associated with /etc/services or just the portnumber if it is not listed in /etc/services.
You can see stati like ESTABLISHED and others.

To check remote if a port is available or not, you can use nmap. It doesn't say if this port is currently being used though. Just have a loot at it as additional info

lsof -i :<portnumber>

example:

lsof -i :80

lsof isnt a unix command... but a opensource utility that might not be installed...

netstat -an | grep <port number>

ex -
netstat -an | grep 5060

Hi All,

Can some guide me how can i check this 49152 port or any port is used by which service and how can I block it.

Thanks in advance. Looking forward to hear from you guys.

Regards,

Sikander

Hi, please open a new thread next time instead of digging out this old one.

There is some information to your question already in this thread.
If you don't have an entry in your /etc/services, you can try with the command (if available) "lsof" if you can see what uses this port. Also you can check with netstat -a for example if it is up and what status it has.
For blocking ports you might want to use a firewall; depending on your system on Linux you could use ipchains/iptables.