ctl_server: bind: Address already in use

Ralf Hildebrandt R.Hildebrandt at tu-bs.de
Tue Dec 14 13:55:44 UTC 1999


On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 02:45:05PM +0100, Martin Tr?ka wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i can see this message in /var/log/messages when i run bind (8.2, linux
> kernel 2.2.5-15) as a non-privileged user (f.e. named).
> 
> ctl_server: bind: Address already in use
> 
> What does it mean ?

That means that the port bind tries to bind to is already in use (by another
bind?). Can a non-privileged user bind a privileged port?

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