Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!bader (miles bader)@b.psy.cmu.edu From: bader@b.psy.cmu.edu (miles bader) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Persisten connections Message-ID: <2740@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 15:48:04 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2740 Posted: Sat Nov 2 15:48:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Nov-85 01:44:12 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 11 Excuse me if this is obvious, but: When I'm in ftp, and it dies for some reason, the connection doesn't (or doesn't seem to) go away. It stays there until the system is rebooted, in FIN_WAIT_2. 1) Is this actually a bad thing (i.e., how much [if any] does it steal in the way of resources)? 2) Is there any way of punting them (without rebooting)? -Miles, bader@a.psy.cmu.edu