Slackware 14.0 dnsmasq start error

tentativeOrch · 07-17-2014, 10:31 AM

I'm using dnsmasq for DHCP services on my network at home. Whenever I start the service, I get an error stating:

"failed to create listening socket for port 53 address already in use"

I'm using the command "/etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq start" to launch it.

Where am I going wrong here?

acid_kewpie · 07-17-2014, 10:52 AM

well as the message very clearly states, something is already using that port. Maybe DNSMasq itself? try stopping it first. If not, check what is using it with "netstat -plnu"

tentativeOrch · 07-17-2014, 03:00 PM

It looks like DNS is already using that port. I'll try stopping it and then start up dnsmasq.