> Hi *,
>
> I know this is a little bit offtopic, but I don't have anyone else to ask!
>
> How can I get the PID of a process waiting for a connection on a
> specific port-number? I can see with 'netstat -a' that there is
> _someone_ sitting on it, but I can not see _who_!
I realize that this reply is about two months old, but I hope it's still of
some use to you.
The fuser program in the most recent psmisc package (psmisc-12 on my RH4.0
box) will let you do that, by using a command like:
fuser -n tcp 143
^^^ ^^^
| +---- port number
+-------- protocol (tcp, udp, etc.)
HTH!
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