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From: eyager@novagate.com (Eric Yagerlener)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Problems with nntpd.
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 18:02:59 GMT
Organization: One FreeBSD box
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I have FreeBSD version 2.2.1 installed.  I have also installed nntpd as a
package from the same CD-ROM I have got from the distribution.


The following line is in my /etc/inetd.conf file:

nntp	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/local/sbin/nntpd	nntpd

Any attempt to access nntp will produce the following error message:

May 25 13:57:52 wolfden nntpd[2895]: get_socket: bind: Address already in
use

What exactly am I doing wrong? 

eyager@novagate.com