On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:06:01PM -0700, Bruce Sass wrote: > 2006-11-03 02:05:38 socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv4) failed: > Address alre > ady in use: daemon abandoned > > ...about the time an upgrade was in progress, yet... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux | grep exim > 102 9302 0.0 0.1 5352 1000 ? Ss Oct28 0:00 > /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m > > ...would seem to indicate that it is a transitory situation caused by > the upgrade process.
Probably. Did killing the existing daemon manually help with starting the new daemon? > The result is daily... > > -e Subject: exim paniclog on onegee has non-zero size > To: root > > exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on onegee has non-zero size, mail > system might be broken > > ...messages when there is no problem. Yes, you'll need to rotate the paniclog away manually. See /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz chapter 2.5.1 If the message is continuously being written again and again over and over, you have probably still an old daemon running. > Disabling paniclog monitoring is not a reasonable option because I want > to be advised if there is a problem, and using a regexp to filter out > the noisy message could result in valid problems being missed. Agreed. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]