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UNIX: How to check what process is using a port on AIX
Environment/Versions
AIX 5.3 or higher
Answer
In the example below we like to know which process the port 8080 is being used and how to kill it.
This step can be use if in case a port is hung and its process needs to be stopped to free up the port
#ps -aef |grep 8080
root 6357050 7405584 0 11:34:02 pts/0 0:00 grep 8080
#netstat -Aan |grep 8080
f1000500038203b8 tcp 0 0 *.8080 *.* LISTEN
# rmsock f1000500038203b8 tcpcb
The socket 0xf100050003820008 is being held by proccess
4325554
(javaw).
#ps -aef |grep 4325554
hlisys
4128992 4325554
0 15:13:31 - 0:05 /hekimian/cots/jre/1.5.0-CM1/bin/javaw -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/common/endorsed -classpath /hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/classes/:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-awt-util.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-bridge.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-css.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-dom.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-ext.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-extension.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-gui-util.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-gvt.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-parser.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-script.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-svg-dom.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-svggen.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-swing.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-transcoder.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-util.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/batik-xml.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/commons-beanutils.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/commons-digester.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/commons-fileupload.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/commons-validator.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/iText.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/jaxen-core.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/jaxen-jdom.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/jdom.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/webapps/react-ip/WEB-INF/lib/js.jar:/hekimian/co
spirent11#kill 4128992
spirent11#netstat -an |grep 8080
tcp 0 0 *.8080 *.* LISTEN
spirent11#ps -aef |grep 4325554
hlisys 4325554 1 0 15:10:07 - 0:59 /hekimian/cots/jre/1.5.0-CM1/bin/javaw -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/conf/logging.properties -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/common/endorsed -classpath /hekimian/cots/jre/1.5.0-CM1/lib/tools.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/bin/bootstrap.jar:/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/bin/commons-logging-api.jar -Dcatalina.base=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14 -Dcatalina.home=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/hekimian/cots/jakarta-tomcat/6.0.14/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start
# kill 4325554
#netstat -an |grep 8080
Version
1.0
Publish Date
2013-09-16
Categories
Product : UNIX
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