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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:17:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Keith Spencer <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: syslogd not working!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922221647.6177c-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199709230254.MAA22674@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>

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On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Keith Spencer wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have noticed (I can't help but notice...my fbsd root keeps sending 
> me mailto the effect) that my syslogd may not be working.
> at boot the report is...syslogd can't bind to something
> and says it isn't able to take requests or something.

The error probably looks like:

syslogd:  can't bind to socket: (some other error probably)

I need to know the entire error message so I can pin down the cause.
Usually this comes up if the ethernet interface isn't set properly.

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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