Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:03:15 -0500 From: "John Bolster" <j.bol@gte.net> To: "Viswanathan Prakash" <prakash@ccs.neu.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: inetd can't bind to service- FIXED Message-ID: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOCEJCCLAA.j.bol@gte.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101092329520.25208-100000@bellatrix.ccs.neu.edu>
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Thank you. This stopped it. Both imap and imap4 were trying to run. Best, John > > Try commenting the line beginning with > > imap stream tcp .... > > in /etc/inetd.conf > > Then restart inetd with > > killall -HUP inetd > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, John Bolster wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > Prakash > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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