addendum: CLOSE_WAIT states

From: David Komanek <xdavid_at_lib.natur.cuni.cz>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:32:57 +0200 (CEST)

Sorry, forgot to mention os version etc.:

Tru64Unix 5.1A on Alpha DS-20E box
sendmail 8.12.3
classical IP (no ipv6 network)


>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with sendmail, which socket sometimes ends in the
> CLOSE_WAIT tcp state. When it happens, I am not able to kill the sendmail
> process with both 9 and 15 signals and the only way to make sendmail
> working again seems to be the reboot.
>
> So I hav etwo questions:
>
> 1. is it possible to "kill" the sendmail socket in this state ?
> 2. is there some workaround to prevent this problem ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> David Komanek
> Charles University
> CZ, Prague
>

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