CLOSE-WAIT problem in socket communication

[rramirezv]

We are using SCO Openserver 5.0.5. Sometimes we get the following problem with a socket connection,the communication is interrupted and the state of it becames and stay forever CLOSING.The only way to solve this problem is a shutdown of the machine. I want to know which TCP/IP parameter must be modify and where it is, in order to solve this problem of permanent CLOSING state.


Thanks

 

[Annihilannic]

What type of connections are they? Telnet? HTTP? Annihilannic.

 

[rramirezv]

Connections are telnet...

 

[Annihilannic]

Does stopping and starting inetd also make them go away? Are there any extra telnetd processes still running when this happens? Annihilannic.

 

[rramirezv]

I haven't try stopping and starting inetd, but there are other telnetd processes running when this happens

 

[Annihilannic]

Check whether those telnetd processes are for inactive connections, and see if they have any children. If so, the child processes (application?) may not be sensitive to a loss of connection. Annihilannic.