On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:44 AM, T Berger <brg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 1:40:20 PM UTC-4, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > > Joaquin Henriquez <joaquin.henriq...@countercept.com>: > > > > >>Subject: EXTERNAL: OSError: [Errno 48] Address already in use > > > > > > The best way to help if got you to put the relevant code here. > > > > > > The error you are experiencing means that the Port you are trying to > > > bind is already taken by another running process. > > > > That error usually takes place when restarting a server. The server > > exited with one or more TCP connections open, which left the connections > > in a TIME-WAIT state for some minutes. When the server is restarted and > > tries to bind its address again, the ghosts of the previous connections > > prevent the socket from being bound. > > > > The problem can be solved by turning on the SO_REUSEADDR flag of the > > socket. > > > > > > Marko > > Hi Marko, > > Can you please tell me how to "turn on the SO_REUSEADDR flag of the > socket"? >
Here's a small script that might serve as an example: http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/svn/max-tcp-window/trunk/max-tcp-window BTW, it's a security feature you're turning off. If you're on a multiuser box, it prevents a second user from stealing lingering connections from a first user on the same port. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
