Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:10:29 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: console error message Message-ID: <418DA035.8040002@att.net> In-Reply-To: <20041107034712.GB5512@dan.emsphone.com> References: <418D896E.5020904@att.net> <20041107023519.GA13223@dan.emsphone.com> <418D985E.1050401@att.net> <20041107034712.GB5512@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 06), Jay O'Brien said: > >>Dan Nelson wrote: >> >>>In the last episode (Nov 06), Jay O'Brien said: >>> >>>>I get this message regularly, even when the computer is sitting >>>>idle. The date and time changes, but the text stays the same. >>>> >>>>edna# Nov 6 18:17:29 edna inetd[438]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use >>>> >>>>The only lines in /src/etc/inetd.conf that do not start with a # >>>>are the ftp, ssh, and telnet (tcp, not tcp6) lines. >>> >>>ssh is usually started as a daemon during bootup by /etc/rc.d/sshd, >>>not via inetd. Just comment those inetd.conf lines out again. >> >>Thank you! That fixed it and ssh still works, incoming and outgoing. >>What was the error message telling me, and why was it repeating? And >>why was I prompted to "uncomment" services by the install program? > > > inetd was complaining that it couldn't listen on port 22 because > another process (sshd) was already there. I'm not sure about the > uncommenting bit. > Dan, Thanks. I appreciate your help. Jay
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