You have inetd already binding the port (25). Check your
/etc/inetd.conf file (don't forget to hup the server) or to see if
sendmail is running. You can check to see if there's something
already binding on port 25 by using 'netstat' or 'netstat -na'. -sc
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:56:46PM -0500, Rob Hines Jr. wrote:
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> Subject: qmail smtp logs filling up
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> Okay, I admit it, I'm stumped. I have logs in /var/log/qmail/send that
> are filling up with this message:
>
> @400000003aa683a12a69c3e4 tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a23441f7c4 tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a23444c29c tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a301e223bc tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a301eab324 tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a40d0b31fc tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
> @400000003aa683a40d2d96ac tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address
> already used
>
> Here's my run script under /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run which is
> the only place I can find that is using tcpserver:
>
> [2:03pm] rhines@mail:/etc> more /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run
> #!/bin/sh
> QMAILDUID=`/usr/xpg4/bin/id -u qmaild`
> NOFILESGID=`/usr/xpg4/bin/id -g qmaild`
> MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming`
> exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 4000000 \
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -H -R -l 0 -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -c
> "$MAXSMTPD" \
> -u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 smtp
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd /bin/
> checkpassword /bin/true /bin/cmd5checkpw /bin/true 2>&1 &
> exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 4000000 \
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -H -R -l 0 -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -c
> "$MAXSMTPD"
> \
> -u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 ghost-smtp
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
> /bin/checkpassword /bin/true /bin/cmd5checkpw /bin/true 2>&1 &
>
> [2:03pm] rhines@mail:/etc>
>
> My /etc/tcp.smtp is pretty simple since I'm using smtp_auth:
>
> [2:03pm] rhines@mail:/etc> more /etc/tcp.smtp
> 127.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> [2:04pm] rhines@mail:/etc>
>
> I annot find where I'm generating those dern fatal errors. To the best
> of my knowledge, /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run is the only place
> I'm using tcpserver. I would appreciate any advice.
>
> --
> Rob Hines Jr.
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