I have a socket showing up on netstat for a process that is no longer running. Is there any command line way to force this socket to close? (short of re-booting). -fjr Frank Ramsay Systems Programmer Castel, Inc 100 Cummings Center Suite 157h Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 236 1000 (voice) (978) 236 1197 (fax) Email: framsay at castelhq.com