From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 2:18:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ghost.blacktrap.net (20-230.CampusNet.ucl.ac.be [130.104.20.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607D937B6F0 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 02:18:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lex@ghost.blacktrap.net) Received: (from lex@localhost) by ghost.blacktrap.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA18877 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:18:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lex) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:18:18 +0200 From: Lex To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp server error. Message-ID: <20000717111818.B18418@blacktrap.net> Reply-To: lex@blacktrap.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <001101bfeeee$cf01ebe0$0200a8c0@hellraiser> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <001101bfeeee$cf01ebe0$0200a8c0@hellraiser> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 02:26:41AM -0400, dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got a slight error running dhcpd on fbsd 4.0. I'm running the command: > /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd > in my rc.conf file. I'm getting the error: > dhcp: unable to bind to host address, address already in use. > Exiting. > Dhcpd is the only item loading in rc.conf dealing with my ethernet interface. The server itself appears to work properly this error is more annoying than anything else, has anyone seen it? > Thanks. > Dave. > If the server works properly after the 'Exiting' message, my guess is you are trying to launch it twice (the 'address already in use' message probably means that too). I assume you meant rc.local and not rc.conf? Make sure that dhcpd is not run from some other place (eg /usr/local/etc/rc.d). -- Chive. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message