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Author: prince
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Subject: Re: [Exim] socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv4) failed: Address already in use: waiting before trying again
Thanks Blain.

I figured out that part and made "disable = yes" and restarted xinetd using
kill -HUP <pid>

Prince.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:15:08 -0500, Blaine Simpson wrote
> There is a cfg file in /etc/xinetd.d that has "disable" set to "no"
> (or false or something-- I'm going by memory). Change that to "yes"
> then restart xinetd. I don't know where your init scripts live since
> I don't know what kind of UNIX your running. On most Linux and UNIX
> systems they reside at (or have a sym link to) /etc/init.d. In that
> case, run
>
>      grep -i disable /etc/xinetd.d/*
>      # Edit the right file
>      /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

>
> prince wrote:
> > I am trying to test exim wth the help of documentation present at
> > http://www.tty1.net/virtual_domains_en.html.
> >
> > I see the following error message in the /var/spool/exim/log/mainlog file.
> >
> > socket bind() to port 25 for address (any IPv4) failed: Address already in
> > use: waiting before trying again
> >
> > sudo netstat -natep | grep 25
> >
> > tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*
> > LISTEN      0          2852       2734/xinetd

> >
> > How do I get rid of the xinetd from listening on port 25. I have qmail
> > installed on the system. But I stopped qmail, before stopping exim.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Prince.
> >
> >
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