Hello All, Could u pls tell me How a close function on connected /Listening socket works. I know that when we run a server which calls accept will create one more socket and gets connected to the actual client . Your help is appreciated, Regards Rakesh -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/