message from named

Barry Margolin barmar at alum.mit.edu
Sat Dec 20 05:10:06 UTC 2003


In article <brvuqc$2mu4$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Alex Wu" <alex_wu at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> hi bind experts, i am a complete newbie and seem to need lots of help on get
> my name server running.
> 1) i keep getting these messages every few minutes on my screen.
> bind(dfd=20, [xxx.xxx.1.103].53): Address already in use
> Dec 15 12:41:48 host named[5142]: deleting interface [xxx.xxx.1.103].53
> Dec 15 12:41:48 host named[5142]: bind(dfd=20, [127.0.0.1].53): Address
> already in use
> Dec 15 12:41:48 host named[5142]: deleting interface [127.0.0.1].53
> can anyone please explain what they meant?

Some other process is already listening on port 53, so named is unable 
to bind it.

Try using "lsof" to see what process has grabbed this port.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA


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