[hobbit] Strange problem

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 04:56:18PM -0500, kevin grady wrote:
> I verified that the host exists in bb-hosts. This is what I get in the
> log when I attempt to start hobbit. I've checked permissions and
> anything else I could think of, but nothing looks out of place.
> 
> Log entries:
> 
> 2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd started with PID 4085
> 2005-02-17 17:54:36 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
> 2005-02-17 17:54:36 Cannot bind to listen socket (Address already in use)
> 2005-02-17 17:54:36 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1

Well, something is using port 1984 then.

What does a "netstat -na | grep 1984" say ?

If this is a Linux box, try running (as root) "netstat -ntlp | grep 1984"
That should give you the proces-ID and name of the program listening
on port 1984.


Henrik