Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Keith Spencer <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is bind..waz it do?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970927002407.15854Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199709260330.NAA27729@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Keith Spencer wrote: > Hi patient and sentient peoples, > At boot time, I notice that... > a) syslogd can't bind and can't assign > address requested > > b) httpd can't bind to port 80 and can't assign address requested > (didn't know I had!) > > What does bind do & Is there a pattern happening here that is > stopping these daemons from doing their thing?? > I'm a bit perplexed... Yes, if no network interfaces are configured, then there are no addresses to assign. Check your network card configuration. This happens to me when I go home away from my Ethernet and have to use dialup. Everything is used to looking for a network, and when I take it away it puts up a fit until I fudge the /etc/hosts file again. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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