Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:33:33 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Postfix port binding problem Message-ID: <20020105053333.GA92292@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020104233915.D93879-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> References: <3C368033.1510A0@myrealbox.com> <20020104233915.D93879-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
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in message <20020104233915.D93879-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>, wrote Scott Nolde thusly... > > smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > > >Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:25:23 -0600 > >From: Troy <tdrake@myrealbox.com> > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Postfix port binding problem > > ... > >whenever I try to start postfix I get this error in the > >maillog: postfix/master[1096]: fatal: bind INADDR_ANY port 25: Address > >already in use. > > > > I'm assuming this means it cant bind to port 25 because > >something else is using it.. but I don't know what is. Running top shows > >nothing smtp related is running, but a netstat -a shows this: > > > >tcp4 0 0 *.smtp *.* LISTEN > > > >so obviosly something is > >binding to port 25, but I have no clue what it would be ... > sockstat | grep 25 will tell you what is listening on port 25. > > Chances are you didn't disable sendmail before starting postfix. You can > do this in /etc/rc.conf with sendmail_enable="NO", then kill sendmail, and > start postfix. troy, following is different from your current situation & above is the most likely scenario, so you may ignore it. i'm sending it for completeness sake. a similar but not exact message comes from postfix when "names are resolved to same address more than once". that message would be like... postfix/master: fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25: Address already in use ...at that point postfix doesn't run & leaves a pid file in somewhere /var directory. after deleting that pid file & starting postfix again, same thing would happen again until "inet_interfaces" value is adjusted. above mentioned problem can be found via google. as of sep-dec 2001, it problem had not been (re)solved. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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