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From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron)
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Subject: Sockets stuck in FIN_WAIT_2
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Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 13:55:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  9 13:55:47 1987
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If I shutdown sendmail on my Ultrix VAX and there is still a socket out there
bound to the local smtp service in FIN_WAIT_2 (waiting for a FIN from the
remote host), then I'll never be able to restart mail unless I reboot the
machine.  Does anyone have a program, or the proper "adb -k" incantations,
to force a stuck FIN_WAIT_2 socket into CLOSED state?

--Pat.