[NBLUG/talk] Cannot bind to a port

[Susan Baur]

Todd,

Does your httpd.conf have a Listen 81 statement in it? (or a Listen  
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:81?

Susan

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On Jul 22, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Todd Cary wrote:

> And here is the message when I try to start httpd:
>
> Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
> Starting httpd: (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to  
> address [::]:81
> no listening sockets available, shutting down
> Unable to open logs
> [FAILED]
>
>
> Todd
>
> E Frank Ball wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 11:15:23AM -0700, Todd Cary wrote: } I  
>> have httpd set to use port 81, however when I try to start it,  
>> it } cannot bind to that port. } } Do I use netstat to "open" port  
>> 81? } } I have never had a bind problem before, so this is a new  
>> area... What is the output of: netstat -ln | grep tcp This will  
>> show if anthing is running on port 81. netstat -l | grep tcp Will  
>> give names instead of port numbers. The /etc/services file has the  
>> port number assignments. lsof -i TCP:81 Will show what process is  
>> running on port 81
>
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