Hi,
I'm getting error similar to
FAQ : Q0015:
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.30/doc/html/FAQ_0.html#TOC15
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Socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) failed: address already in use
mean?
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Ans:
A0015: You are trying to run an Exim daemon when there is one already
running - or maybe some other MTA is running, or perhaps you have an SMTP
line in /etc/inetd.conf which is causing inetd to listen on port 25.
Well , in my case (Redhat-8.0)
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# netstat -natep|grep 25
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 0 25305 3447/exim
tcp 0 1 202.144.44.92:32817 15.42.224.5:25
SYN_SENT 47 27228 3400/exim
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Problem is the caused by first one!!
But how could i stop it ? Nothing other than Exim is listening on port 25
!!
Bcos
# grep -i disable /etc/xinetd.d/*
/etc/xinetd.d/chargen: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/chargen-udp: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/daytime: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/daytime-udp: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/echo: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/echo-udp: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/rsync: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/servers: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/services: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/time: disable = yes
/etc/xinetd.d/time-udp: disable = yes
and
# grep -i disable /etc/xinetd.d/* |grep -i no
<<Shows nothing!!>
Means no other service is listening on that port 25 !!
I just did
#pkill exim
#/etc/init.d/exim start
It is fine now!!
But would like to know what had happened ?
-Dilip
