[X-Servers] "Clear" a hung port?

[lisa]

Hi,
   From a strictly UNIX perspective, with what you're describing it  
seems like you should still be able to see that phantom connection  
process out there connected to your box.  So I don't know if you need  
to clear the port so much as clear all connections to that port. (Not  
having used MYOB FileEdge I can't really speak to how the application  
handles locking)  When your users login using the MYOB FileEdge  
server can you see their individual connections in Activity Monitor?   
If so you should be able to clear the individual connection to the  
MYOB FileEdge server as opposed to clearing the application itself.   
If you're not sure what the user process looks like then you could  
open Activity Monitor before anyone logs in and then have them login  
to the MYOB FileEdge server and see what new connection is created.   
Once you can identify their connections and kill them through  
activity monitor you can also kill them through terminal by using the  
ps command to find the connections and the kill command to kill  
them.  (In the advent you need to kill both the user connections  
*and* the MYOB FileEdge server all of that can be done by command  
line commands in terminal using the same ps and kill commands.)
Let me know if I need to be more clear.  I just woke up from nap. :)
-lisa

On Sep 15, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Peter Krug wrote:

> XServerfolk,
>
> I am running Server 10.3.9 on a G5 tower.  One of the services I am  
> running is an MYOB FileEdge server to share a single data file  
> among 3 licensed users - it is shared via an MYOB control panel  
> that lets you turn on/off sharing and set the port the spftware  
> uses to share the file.  My problem is that one of the users of the  
> software gets bumped off her network periodically, which causes the  
> server to think she is still logged in because she does not log out  
> properly.  At that point, one of our 3 licenses is lost until I  
> restart the Xserver because the serving software still thinks this  
> person is using the data file. I cannot turn sharing off via the  
> control panel for the same reason.
>
> I can force quit the control panel via Activity Monitor to stop  
> sharing the file, but unless I change the port, when I start it  
> back up we still have the logged in user problem.  I am wondering  
> if there is a way to "clear" the port of all network activity to  
> bounce this phantom user off the server.  IF there is a terminal  
> command for this, it would be wonderful because I could do this  
> remotely.
>
> Sorry to be so long-winded.  Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Peter
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