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From: Paul Walsh <paul@www.walshsimmons.co.uk>
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Subject: TCP sockets staying open
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In my netsat output for tcp I 5 redundant socket connections all saying 'closing' which have been stuck there for several weeks. is there any way to kill them off without re-booting?