Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 
> <<On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:19:15 +0000, Ben Smithurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
> > +.It Bq Er EAGAIN
> > +A resource was temporarily unavailable when connecting a socket in
> > +non-blocking mode.
> > +This could indicate there are no port numbers available for use when a port
> > +number is being chosen automatically.
> > +Increasing the
> > +.Va net.inet.ip.portrange.last
> > +.Xr sysctl 8
> > +variable (which defaults to 5000) may help this problem.
> 
> > Any better?
> 
> No -- if the code actually implements that, it's wrong.

If the code implements what?  Returning EAGAIN when no ephemeral ports are
available?  That is all the above really says, and then provides a hint
as to how to fix it.  The description is a little simplistic, as it misses
the lowfirst-lowlast and highfirst-highlast ranges.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
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