Maybe you have an orphan process? http://www.geekride.com/orphan-zombie-process/
On Friday, August 31, 2012 7:10:25 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > That helps. Somehow my screen was not large enough and I did not see the > PID. > > mdipierro@www:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop > [sudo] password for mdipierro: > * Stopping web server apache2 > [ OK ] > mdipierro@www:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start > * Starting web server apache2 > > (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 > (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address > 0.0.0.0:80 > no listening sockets available, shutting down > Unable to open logs > > [fail] > mdipierro@www:~$ sudo netstat -ltnp | grep ':80' > tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN > 3874/uuidd > mdipierro@www:~$ sudo kill -9 3874 > mdipierro@www:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start > * Starting web server apache2 > [ OK ] > > yet I do not understand what this uuidd keep the port locked. > > This is the only thing I found on the subject: > > > https://groups.google.com/group/ec2ubuntu/browse_thread/thread/74af88ecd4e57b3a > > and no answer. > > > > On Friday, 31 August 2012 17:15:49 UTC-5, rochacbruno wrote: >> >> There is something here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1636667 >> >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80 >> >> >> >> --

