Re: Re: Syslog message errors!
Quoting Nathan E Norman (finn@midco.net):
> On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Amanda Shuler wrote:
>
> : Hello all.
> : I have these messages being repeated over and over and over in my syslog,
> : every
> : 10 minutes.
> : What do they mean?
> :
> : Dec 15 06:42:26 snafu syslogd 1.3-3#26: restart.
> : Dec 15 06:51:27 snafu inetd[8525]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> : Dec 15 06:51:27 snafu inetd[8525]: finger/tcp: bind: Address already in
> : use
> : Dec 15 06:51:27 snafu inetd[8525]: pop-3/tcp: bind: Address already in use
[snip]
> These messages are generated locally, so it's really not relevant
> whether there's another machine with the same address.
>
> What you're seeing here is inetd complaining that it can't bind to the
> ports. It's probable that there's another inetd process running
> already, since "Address already in use" is your error. Do a `ps awx'
> and look for one or more inetd processes. If there's more than one,
> kill them, do `/etc/init.d/netbase stop'; `/etc/init.d/netbase start'.
Yes, I've had the odd *one* of these, usually http. But I've just ignored
them. I think the first line of the log is relevant: I only ever get my
one at the same time, which is just after the cron job rotates the logs
at 0642. So perhaps it's worth looking carefully at what cron is doing.
Cheers,
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