Restarting Progress/OpenEdge in Sockets Mode Log in to the machine that hosts your Progress database, as the progress user. Execute the .profile associated with the Progress user. . ~/.profile Navigate to the bin subdirectory of the Progress installation cd $DLC/bin Use the proshut command to shut down the Progress database that you want to restart. The syntax is: proshut <db-name> For example: proshut sports2000 Open the machine's /etc/services file in a text editor. (May require root user privileges.) Add an entry in the /etc/services file that pairs your Progress server with any unused port number. For example: prosports 5678/tcp # Progress sports2000 service Save your changes and exit the file. Use the proserve command to restart your database using this syntax: proserve <db-name> -H <hostname> -S <service-name> -N tcp e.g., proserve sports2000 -H proghost.example.com -S prosports -N tcp