It means your port is already bound You can see the process which is using the port if you do a netstat -b You will see which SpecificProcessID which has bound the port (If its Tomcat the default Catalina port is 8080) then to see the particulars of that process ps -process <SpecificProcessID> HTH, M- ********************************************************************* This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you.
----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Mullin To: users@tomcat.apache.org Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:05 PM Subject: java.net.BindException I'm getting this error in Tomcat running on an IBM mainframe with z/OS V1R7 as the operating system. Can someone tell me wat java.net.BIndException means? Kevin Mullin Sr. Analyst IBM Corporation (206) 345-7068 [EMAIL PROTECTED]