[PLUG] "Phantom" telnet processes (?)

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Fri May 31 17:00:13 UTC 2002


> 
>   This company is using a terminal program on Windows 98/2000
> workstations that access this server in order to run a proprietary,
> Pick-based in-house application.  When the user initiates a disconnect,
> even if we go so far as to reboot the workstation, the telnet process
> that they initiated appears to not be released.  Eventually (after about
> 6 days or so), they run out of available telnet connections, so they've
> been re-booting the server at night.  Now for the "stunner": This isn't
> Linux, it's an AIX 4.3 system!
> 
>   I am just starting this job, so I don't know a lot of the history
> involved here, although I have worked (a little bit) with AIX 4 before.
> I know that almost everyone on this list is a lot more familiar with
> Linux/BSD, but can anyone perhaps offer up some tips or pointers of
> possible "likely culprits"?
> 

What terminal program is being used?  I would try logging in using
Tera Term, as well as putty, and see if you get the same results.

galen

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/







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