Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 15:10:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles N. Owens" <owensc@alpha.enc.edu> To: Chael Hall <nowhere@chaos.taylored.com> Cc: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootpd weirdness Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950811150758.38102I-100000@alpha.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508111906.OAA16955@chaos.taylored.com>
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On Fri, 11 Aug 1995, Chael Hall wrote:
> Charles N. Owens typed:
> >
> >I've used bootp quite a bit with other Unixes, and I've played with FBSD
> >back in the 2.0-xxx-SNAP days and had little trouble....
> >
> >Today, I tried to fire up bootpd on my 2.0.5-RELEASE system, and I get
> >the following message:
> > bootpd: error(3): bind: Address already in use
> >
> >I get this regardles off what my /etc/bootptab looks like. (even if it's
> >empty) This has let me to conclude that the problem is NOT in my
> >bootptab.
> >
> >Any idea what the problem is?
> >thanks,
>
> That means that bootpd is already running or something (like inetd) is
> bound to that port already. Or you are not root when you try to start it
> up.
Hmmmm.... pardon my ignorance, but how do I fix this? Is there a way to
get a list of the current port bindings, so I can find out what it is?
thanks,
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