Description of problem: After an attempt to download a file that does not exist a socket does not get closed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): krb5-workstation-1.3.4-27 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect to an ftp site using ftp 2. Count the number of opened sockets using lsof ($ lsof| grep ftp| grep -v httpd| grep -v vsftpd | wc -l) 3. Try to "get" an inexistant file a good number of times 4. See the number of file descriptors increase compared to 2. Actual results: number of sockets increaces Expected results: number of sockets does not increase Additional info: same problem as bug #174599
Ooops, actually the version on RHEL3 is krb5-workstation-1.2.7-52
Adding devel ACK. Obviously a bug, has potential to break the FTP client, looks like we've got a reproducer.
Unfortunately this issue was not resolved in RHEL 3.9 and it is now too late as we are past Beta Freeze. Since RHEL 3.9 is the last release for RHEL 3, if you still want this issue fixed, please work with Red Hat Support and request an async errata.
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