[ale] bind address already in use

[Danny Cox]

Gary,

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Gary S. Mackay wrote:

> Oct  5 00:06:57 server inetd[417]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Oct  5 00:16:57 server inetd[417]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> 
> How can I track down what is causing this? I've check the inetd.conf file and
> the "auth" entry that launches inetd is commented out. Yes it is RedHat 6.2
> which had this problem, but I "think" I've checked all the suggestions from
> dejanews and still get this message. Netstat shows several instances of inetd
> running. Is that normal?

	Yep, it's normal.  There can be many services that inetd handles
itself.

	Try lsof.  The option to get it to search the TCP/UDP/IP space
escapes me, but the man page describes how to do it.  That'll tell you
"who" has the port open.

Danny

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