how to terminate a client?

[vijkrr]

Hi all,

I've a server C++ program, from the server i want to maintain the Keep Alive. How to do this ?

From server program is there any way to terminate the Client connection? i've the socket Desc of that client. How to do this?


Thanks in advance

[jsmith]

If I understand you correctly, why can't you just close() or shutdown() the file descriptor? This will cause the peer to see a broken pipe (assuming you are using TCP sockets). You will need to set
the SO_KEEPALIVE (IIRC) socket option (man setsockopt) so the peer sees the disconnect immediately, otherwise the peer won't see it until the peer attempts to send.