Hello have you tried: ps -ef | grep <port number>
kill -9 <port number> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Pooja Swamy <poojasw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am unable to shutdown my tomcat gracefully. Everytime I try to shutdown > tomcat, this is the error I get. > > test@17.198.48.77:/Users/test/software/tomcat/bin>./startup.sh > Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/test/software/tomcat > Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/test/software/tomcat > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/test/software/tomcat/temp > Using JRE_HOME: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home > Using CLASSPATH: > > /Users/test/software/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/test/software/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar > test@17.198.48.77:/Users/test/software/tomcat/bin>./shutdown.sh > Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/test/software/tomcat > Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/test/software/tomcat > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/test/software/tomcat/temp > Using JRE_HOME: > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home > Using CLASSPATH: > > /Users/test/software/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/test/software/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar > Feb 14, 2014 6:37:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina stopServer > SEVERE: Catalina.stop: > java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241) > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:476) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:373) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:187) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer(Catalina.java:499) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.stopServer(Bootstrap.java:371) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:453) > > > I have also tried killing, restarting, and ./shutdown.sh, installing tomcat > again, changing port number. Nothing seems to be helping. Please advise. >