Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id KAA16769; Tue, 7 May 1996 10:41:11 -0700 Received: from arachnet.algroup.co.uk by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA16758; Tue, 7 May 1996 10:41:06 -0700 Received: from heap.ben.algroup.co.uk by arachnet.algroup.co.uk id aa04984; 7 May 96 18:40 BST Received: from gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk by heap.ben.algroup.co.uk id aa14138; 7 May 96 18:07 BST Subject: Re: socket's not closing To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 18:02:39 +0100 (BST) From: Ben Laurie In-Reply-To: <199605071622.LAA22214@luers.qosina.com> from "Aram Mirzadeh" at May 7, 96 11:22:23 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1931 Message-ID: <9605071802.aa19619@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk> Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Aram Mirzadeh wrote: > > > Anyone know why this would happen: > > I have about 30 of these around... and I think some of them have been > around for a while now. It doesn't seem to be closing the sockets up. > I doubt if it's an apache problem, but I thought I would check here first. A socket in FIN_WAIT2 is awaiting a FIN from the other end. So, no, in theory at least, it is not an Apache problem. Sockets in this state take a very long time to time out. That is, assuming that Apache never does a half-close (shutdown(fd,1)) which I believe it doesn't. Cheers, Ben. > > > > P.S. /status doesn't show any active connections. > > Active Internet connections > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (State) > User > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 163.122.36.46:1099 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 203.69.67.107:1065 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 lse.GradDorm2.NCT:1089 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 pm00411.inlink.co:1543 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 pm00411.inlink.co:1547 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 139.175.26.93:1198 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 168.95.48.11:1043 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 140.122.91.71:1126 FIN_WAIT2 > root > tcp 0 0 luers.qosina.com:80 168.95.48.11:1088 FIN_WAIT2 > root > -- > Aram W. Mirzadeh, MIS Manager, Qosina Corporation > http://www.qosina.com/~awm/, awm@qosina.com > Apache httpd server team http://www.apache.org > > -- Ben Laurie Phone: +44 (181) 994 6435 Freelance Consultant and Fax: +44 (181) 994 6472 Technical Director Email: ben@algroup.co.uk A.L. Digital Ltd, URL: http://www.algroup.co.uk London, England.