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Pretty simple, I know that this has happened to me before. Couldn't find a good answer on AU.

I was running an ssh session with ports bound:

ssh -L 3000:<server_name>:22

I just lost my connection. When I try to reconnect using the same command, I get the following error:

bind: Address already in use

channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 3000

How do I reset ssh on my machine to allow the port to be bound again? Resetting the local machine works.

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answered 3 Years ago trousransla · Accepted Answer

Couldn't you just kill whatever is using that port?

 lsof -ti:5901 | xargs kill -9

lsof -ti:5901 to find whatever is using port 5901.

Pass the whole thing to kill -9 to kill whatever was using port 5901.

Replace with the port you want to open up again.