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How to kill the processes accessing Internet in background using terminal commands. Command to stop (disconnect) the processes accessing Internet. Command to kill the process accessing Internet.
JOHN
Posted 2011-07-28T00:37:19.467
Reputation: 285
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To find any processes making/listening for Internet connections run:
lsof -i
Output will be similar to this:
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
sshd 4236 root 3u IPv4 13169 0t0 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
ntpd 4260 ntp 16u IPv4 13192 0t0 UDP *:ntp
ntpd 4260 ntp 17u IPv4 13196 0t0 UDP localhost:ntp
ntpd 4260 ntp 18u IPv4 13197 0t0 UDP 127.0.0.2:ntp
master 4431 root 12u IPv4 13397 0t0 TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN)
httpd2-pr 4493 root 3u IPv4 13542 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN)
Now use kill with the PID of the processes as listed above, for example, to kill ssh above, run:
sudo kill -15 4236
If that doesn't help, run:
sudo kill -9 4236
Option -15 sends a TERM signal, which kindly asks the process to quit. Option -9 sends a KILL signal, which forces the process to immediately quit. Try -15 first, then -9.
Nicholi
Posted 2011-07-28T00:37:19.467
Reputation: 628
kill -9 'name_of_program_using_internet' – Nicholi – 2011-07-28T00:43:19.413
@Nicholi : But how to find processes accessing internet ? – JOHN – 2011-07-28T00:50:10.840
3kill -15 is preferable, since programs designed to respond to the 15 argument will clean up before ending. – myopic.bones – 2011-07-28T00:59:48.967