Are you sure that you have the permisson to listen on port 80?
________________________________ From: Ravi Roy <ravi.a...@gmail.com> To: users@httpd.apache.org Sent: Sat, April 3, 2010 7:08:17 AM Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] Apache/2.2.13 : Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 error On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan <li...@itech7.com> wrote: On 04/03/10 07:53, Ravi Roy wrote: > > >> >>On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan <li...@itech7.com >> >><mailto:li...@itech7.com>> wrote: >> >> On 04/02/10 21:52, Ravi Roy wrote: >> >> Hi >> I installed Apache/2.2.13 (Unix) on CentOS 5.4. My prolbem is >>>> that when >> I try to start and stop it using "sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd >> start / >> stop / restart" >> It gives me the following, I googgled a lot but could not really >>>> find a >> solution. >> 1.Command : $ sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start >> Error Message : >> Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not >> bind to >> address 0.0.0.0:80<http://0.0.0.0/> <http://0.0.0.0/ >>>> <http://0.0.0.0/>> >> >> >> >> no listening sockets available, shutting down >> Unable to open logs >> [FAILED] >> 2. Command : $ sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop >>>> Error message : >> Stopping httpd: [FAILED] >> 3.Command : $sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart >> Error message : >> Stopping httpd: [FAILED] >>>> Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not >> bind to >> address 0.0.0.0:80 <http://0.0.0.0/> <http://0.0.0.0:80 >>>> <http://0.0.0.0/>> >> >> >> >> no listening sockets available, shutting down >> Unable to open logs >> [FAILED] >> Can sombody help me on this please? >>>> Thanks! >> -RR >> >> >> Some other process is already running at port number 80. Use netstat >> -ltnp | grep ':80' to get the process name and pid. >> >> Thanks Nilesh, netstat reveals the following : >>>> tcp 0 0 :::80 >>:::* LISTEN 2056/httpd >> Strange thing I notice is that start / stop / restart fails, but >>service is still started, I am just curious if service is failed to >>>>start (as error message explains) how come it is started at the first >>place? >> To my view a command 'stop / restart' should kill a started process >>and free the port '80' and next initialization should get the port >>>>without any error. >> My http configuration have 'Listen 80' >> Not much into linux stuff. Forgive me if I am wrong somehere and >>correct me please. >> Thanks for your help. >> - RR >> >> >Try using the /sbin/service command instead of this. > >Also, your httpd is self compiled or installed using yum ? > >And did you make any alterations (or created) /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd ? > > > Thanks Nilesh, I tried ; command : sudo /sbin/service httpd restart Error message : Stopping httpd: [FAILED] Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [FAILED] I compiled httpd server is myself on CentOS 5.4, I did not make any alterations to /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd. Thanks -RR
