John, This means that another process is trying to bind to a port that is already in use. I'm going to take a flying stab and guess that you have ident enabled in /etc/inetd.conf and also have the script that runs identd as a sepperate service. If the above is the case, then it is a harmless condition. You can get rid of this error by doing one of two things: a) turn off the identd service with this command: /sbin/chkconfig identd off *or* b) edit /etc/inetd.conf, and find the following line: auth stream tcp wait root /usr/sbin/in.identd in.identd -e -o and comment it out with a # sign, and then killall -HUP inetd Cheers, --Matt On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 04:16:32PM -0400, 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 > > Does this mean someone is trying to log into my machine? There is no > record in /var/log/secure of a log in. The who command shows noone > logged in. > > Thanks. > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request redhat com with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- Matthew J. Galgoci <mgalgoci redhat com> Key fingerprint = 46C1 B1EB 0BE9 E398 7CC3 E788 007D 4FF9 18C2 42C0 "Take a shower. I can smell you across the vpn."
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