On 2004-08-02 Silly Billy <learnlinux2000@???> wrote:
> could any one fix this IPv6 socket failed problem?
> log file of my EXIM 4.41 below ...
> IPv6 socket creation failed: Address family not
> supported by protocol
> 2004-08-02 12:32:11 Failed to create IPv6 socket for
> wildcard listening (Address family not supported by
> protocol): will use IPv4
> 2004-08-02 12:32:11 exim 4.41 daemon started:
> pid=2818, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
> 2004-08-02 12:32:11 Start queue run: pid=2820
> 2004-08-02 12:32:11 End queue run: pid=2820
You are running exim4 compiled with IPv6 support on a system without
IPv6 support. "modprobe ipv6" will probably get rid of the message.
> using this kernel ... Linux shrek 2.4.20-8smp on
> redhat linux 9.0. If the problem still there then what
> are its effects on my server .. ???
[...]
Afaik none, except for the warning message.
cu andreas
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