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[SOLVED] Apache wont start anymore

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:00 am
by malcolmboston
i keep getting this error message
Apache Error Log wrote: [Tue Feb 01 13:54:09 2005] [crit] (2)No such file or directory: make_sock: for port 80, setsockopt: (SO_REUSEADDR)
I have googled for this and cannot find a suitable reason / fix for this and was wondering if anyone in the community can enlighten me.

I do not know why this is happening as i have not touched anything to do with apache in a while now.

Apache will no longer start.

Thanks
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:08 am
by malcolmboston
i earlier pointed out it was a MySQL error, this was incorrect and can only blame it on the fact this error has destroyed many brain cells.

it is an Apache error

Anyone know now?

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:03 am
by timvw
You probably already have something that is bound to port 80.

REUSEADDR is used for a server that might crash and needs to be able to restart and bind to the same port again. If SO_REUSEADDR is not used, then a crash does not properly free the socket, and it cannot be bound again for several minutes.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:48 am
by malcolmboston
you are correct

the other day i installed a piece of software called NetLimiter which basically manages your internet connection by only allowing software to use a certain amoutn of bandwidth, so basically i could be downloading from eMule whilst playing an on-line game.

Basically this program was taking over port 80 for some weird reason, the problem was fixed with a uninstall of the aforementioned software