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Date:      Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:58:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Keith Jackson <keith@lsuc.on.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISC DHCP server - Address already in use
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113195742.24708V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34BA8A8B.2932@lsuc.on.ca>

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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Keith Jackson wrote:

> I am trying to get the ISC DHCP server running on a FreeBSD 2.1.0
> system. The DHCP server is the Beta 5.16.  I have compiled the server
> with no errors. I have now added the Berkeley Packet Filter to the
> kernel and recompiled it. I have created 4 bpf devices. I have also
> added the #define BROKEN_FREEBSD_BPF to the site.h file of the DHCP
> server source before compiling it just in case the version of FreeBSD
> has this bug.  I start up the DHCP server and it says the folowing:

Did you try the port?

> Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use
> dhcpd: exiting.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what the message about the dhcp address already being
> in use
> means?

It means that dhcpd is probably already running.  Run `ps ax | grep dhcpd'
and see if one is already listed.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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