bindexception

[Brawner, Jerry J]

i'm getting the following error when i try to start tomcat.  can someone
tell me what i need to do.

thanks,
jb


FATAL:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
java.net.BindException: Address already in use
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:390)
        at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:173)
        at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:124)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultServerS
ocketFactory.java:97)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
:239)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpConnector.start(PoolTcpConnector.java:188)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.start(ContextManager.java:527)
        at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:202)
        at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:235)