Re: tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address already used

[Charles Cazabon]

Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> When I started up qmail today (it has worked before) I got this error in my
> /var/log/qmail/smtpd/current -
> 
> @400000003a19660f0523d96c tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address already
> used

Something is already bound to port 25 on your machine.  Perhaps one of
your Solaris patches re-enabled sendmail?  They've been known to do that.
Otherwise, check your inetd.conf and ensure it's not trying to listen for
smtp traffic for you.

Charles
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Charles Cazabon                            <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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