> Bob:
>
> I can't really comment on Linux, but most Unixes will encumber bound
> ports for a while (read a minute or two) under certain circumstances.
> This could be triggered if Tomcat had open client connections at
> the time of shutdown.
Those sessions should list under "netstat" as CLOSE_WAIT or anything else but
ESTABLISHED. Anyway, that never stopped Apache or any other server software from
coming up.
Are you sure Tomcat is down? Try "lsof" and see if it mentions either port 8080 or
Tomcat (java).
Nix.
