[bug-inetutils] Fwd: Bug#207561: lots of "bind: Address already in use" messages

[Robert Millan]

Hi!

I got this report through Debian BTS.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:25:50AM +0200, Udo Rader wrote:
> Package: inetutils-inetd
> Version: 2:1.4.2+20030703-5
> Severity: important
> 
> after upgrading from netkit-inetd (or was it netbase-inetd?) to the
> new inetutils-inetd, besides the other bugs (no pid file) that have
> already been reported, I see some strange entries occur on a regular
> basis in my logs (/var/log/messages etc): 
> 
> --------CUT--------
> Aug 27 06:32:51 hermes inetd[15063]: rsync/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Aug 27 06:32:51 hermes inetd[15063]: cvspserver/tcp: bind: Address already in 
> use
> Aug 27 06:32:51 hermes inetd[15063]: imap2/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Aug 27 06:32:51 hermes inetd[15063]: ftp/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> --------CUT--------
> 
> obviously something is trying to start inetd over and over again, but
> I did not find no single clue so far what the reason for this could be.
> 
> happy hacking
> 
> udo
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux hermes 2.4.21-4-586tsc #1 Sat Aug 2 22:22:21 EST 2003 i586
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
> 
> Versions of packages inetutils-inetd depends on:
> ii  libc6                         2.3.2-4    GNU C Library: Shared libraries 
> an
> ii  netbase                       4.13       Basic TCP/IP networking system
> ii  zlib1g                        1:1.1.4-14 compression library - runtime
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> 
> 

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