Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:32:19 -0500 (EST) From: Viswanathan Prakash <prakash@ccs.neu.edu> To: John Bolster <j.bol@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd can't bind to service Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101092329520.25208-100000@bellatrix.ccs.neu.edu> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKLANMLAKACFKNODOKEJACLAA.j.bol@gte.net>
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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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