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Command Line Tool to close a connection

I have what I hope is a simple question:

How can I close an unwanted tco/ip session from the command line?

I've been running the netstat tool to keep an eye on things, and occasionally I'll have a connection that I don't want but can't terminate. Since it's not a file share, I don't know of any way to target the connection and cut it off. Any ideas?

kenfcamp

What OS are you using?

Under linux:

type who to get the TTY the offending connection is using
<user> pts/0 Sep 8 11:52
<user> pts/1 Sep 8 11:52

type ps -ax to get running processes

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
31513 pts/1 S 0:00 -bash
31586 pts/0 S 0:00 -bash

as root type kill -9 <PID>

If pts/0 was the offending connection (using the above example) you'd type

kill -9 31586 (as root)

Hope this helps

KC

Zeek0

ASKER

Unfortunately, I'm asking about how to do it in XP. It seems like an obvious task, but I haven't ever seen a way to do it - I'd prefer to use the command line, but any other strategies would be fine.

kenfcamp

Home or pro?

Zeek0

ASKER

pro

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kenfcamp

PS

To test this (play with it)

open 1 or 2 cmd consoles

as admin open a console and go to it..

NOTE: You will not be able to close down the cmd PID you're running the commands on

KC