Re: Mysterious log entries in /var/log/messages

[Gordon Messmer <yinyang eburg com>]

"John P. Verel" wrote:
> I've begun to see meessages like the following in my /var/log/messages log:
> 
> Jul  1 16:13:42 CV150607-A inetd[431]: auth/tcp: bind: Address already
> in use

that means that identd was running as a daemon when inetd started, and
tried to offer identd as a service.  Edit /etc/inetd.conf, and comment
out the line that refers to identd.

MSG