Question : Can one kill an orphaned network connection?

I have "start" and a "stop" programs for a daemon which communicates over port xxxxxx (number deleted).  Both work fine.  I got lazy and killed the daemon using "kill" rather than using the "stop" program.  Now, I can't run the "start" program which tells me that the port is busy.

Here's the netstat output:

$> netstat -a|grep xxxxx                        
tcp        0      0  myhost.xxxxx             .3572                   ESTABLISHED

So far, the connection hasn't timed out.  Must I reboot the server?

Thanks,

Walter Nirenberg

Answer : Can one kill an orphaned network connection?

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