innstartup - create_udp_socket error

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Quoting Don Robertson <don at robertson.net.nz>:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I am tryig to get INN 2.2.3 running on Mandrake 7.1. I have installed from
> the Mandrake RPMs.
> 
> When I try inndstart I am getting the following error:
> 
> Nov 24 11:50:23 lila actived[820]: create_udp_socket: bind Address already
> in use
> 
> Nov 24 11:50:23 lila actived[820]: cant createudpsocket Address already in
> use
> 
> Now I am pretty sure nothing is running on port 119 (upd or tcp). I have
> tried setting the bind address in the config to my IP number as well. I am
> pretty sure the file permissions are okay :-).
> 
> So any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Don
> 

I had a problem like that. What I did was hashing out nntpd in the inetd.conf 
and then restarting inetd ofcourse to let the changes take effect.
 Then try again inndstart.

But...I needed to de-hash the nntp entry again if I wanted to do a "telnet 
localhost 119" to check if my newsserver was running correctly.
So I'm not *very* sure this is the right solution, but it solved the problem 
for me. Maybe somebody else in this group can explain it more clearly...

Have Fun,

Linda Rietveld