Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:28:20 -0500 From: "John Bolster" <j.bol@gte.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: inetd can't bind to service Message-ID: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOAEJBCLAA.j.bol@gte.net> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOKEJACLAA.j.bol@gte.net>
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> I'm hoping some wizard out there can help with this... > > I am getting error messages from inetd every 10 minutes. The messages are: > > Jan 8 20:39:06 alf inetd[141]: imap/tcp: bind: Address already in use > Jan 8 20:45:00 alf inetd[141]: imap/tcp: bind: Address already in use > > I searched around for what this means and on a HP site I found this which > seems to describe it: > > service/ protocol: bind:?Indicates that the service is > temporarily unusable > because inetd cannot bind the service to the socket. After 10 > minutes, inetd > tries to bind the socket again. If it is successful, then it will > listen for > a > connection request and provide the appropriate service. If it > fails, it will > wait another 10 minutes and try again. > > However, it does not say how I should make it stop. Does anyone have any > ideas? This only started when I installed the imap-uw server. (I > am running > 4.1) > > Thanks, > > John As an afterthought on this, imapd does seem to run, so could it be trying to start many copies of it and having them conflict with each other? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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