From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Thu 26 Dec 2002 - 19:28:20 GMT
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 08:05:30PM +0100, Hans-J?rgen Schwarz wrote:
> Hello List,
> I got a problem with my mailprog on a VServer. I can't send mail from
> the VServer and I don't know why. The only error I can find is that the
> smtp port seems to be bind in one or the other way.
> I'm using a clean Debian woody host and Vserver with exim and I can not
> imagin what other programs could cause the problem. Other services seem
> to have the same problem. Is there something wrong with inetd?
I guess, you start inetd in the physical server, and
let it bind to every address, so it does exactly that,
which results in an "address already in use" for any
attempt without or within the vritual server ...
solutions: restrict the physical inetd with chbind or
disable it completely ...
best,
Herbert
> Here is my log:
> Dec 26 19:33:16 v-www inetd[19616]: discard/tcp: bind: Address already
> in use
> Dec 26 19:38:01 v-www /USR/SBIN/CRON[23272]: (mail) CMD ( if [ -x
> /usr/sbin/exim -a -f /etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/exim -q ;
> fi)
> Dec 26 19:43:16 v-www inetd[19616]: smtp/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Dec 26 19:43:16 v-www inetd[19616]: time/tcp: bind: Address already in
> use
> Dec 26 19:43:16 v-www inetd[19616]: daytime/tcp: bind: Address already
> in use
> Dec 26 19:43:16 v-www inetd[19616]: discard/tcp: bind: Address already
> in use
>
> Thank you very much for any help
>
> Hans-Juergen