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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!iway.fr!news1.isdnet.net!niki.isdnet.net!not-for-mail From: mat@isdnet.net (Mathieu Guillaume) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Why dont some network sockets die, and how do i kill them? Date: 25 Apr 1997 20:15:03 GMT Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5jr3c8$mhp$1@news3.isdnet.net> References: <01bc5161$d8cfb5e0$105881d0@siege.net.siege.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: netscape.isdnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6759 Chuck McCollum (chuck@siege.net) wrote: : Sometimes there are some TCP sockets that stay open (usually connected to : remote hosts port 80), and by doing a netstat, their status is shown as : "FIN_WAIT2", or some variation. These buggers stay that way for days. There's a patch on BSDI's site to add a timeout, that was made especially for that purpose following the 1.2 beta releases of Apache. It's number K027 I believe. Though it's not mentionned, you need a former patch for the kernel to compile (K023?), but that shouldn't be a problem if you aplly all the patches regularly. -- ______ ___ _ _ ______ \ \ | ( '| \ _ | |_____/ Mathieu Guillaume ) ) | \ | | /|/| |/ -|- |____/ ISDnet /_____/ _|_'_)|_/ | |/|_/ |/ |___/ mat@isdnet.net