Failed to bind port..

Skillz · 06-30-2009, 04:22 PM

I am trying to run a program as a regular user on port 7777, but in the log it says its unable to bind that port and the program wont start. Pretty sure it's past the 1023 limit port, and I've even tried running it as root, still same problem.

Running CentOS 5.3

Uncle_Theodore · 06-30-2009, 04:29 PM

What exactly is the error message you're getting?
Check if there's no other programs (or even remains of an old copy of your current one) listening to that port. The command is
lsof

Skillz · 06-30-2009, 04:36 PM

This is the error:

Code:

Sockets: Socket queue 262142 / 262142
Failed to listen: Sockets: binding to port 7777 failed (-145026240)
WinSock shut down
appError called:
Dedicated server can't listen: Sockets: binding to port 7777 failed (-145026240)

I ran this command.

lsof | grep 7777

and it turned up nothing, although running lsof on it's own returned a BUNCH of results.

Skillz · 06-30-2009, 07:23 PM

I've tried other ports too, up to the 10s thousands and all the ports wont bind. Not sure what the deal is.

Uncle_Theodore · 06-30-2009, 08:41 PM

I don't really understand how WinSock got into the picture...
What program are you trying to run? Is it under Wine or a virtual machine?

Skillz · 06-30-2009, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle_Theodore

I don't really understand how WinSock got into the picture...
What program are you trying to run? Is it under Wine or a virtual machine?

It's an Unreal Tournament dedicated server, the Linux build. I have the same version running on another CentOS 5.3 server without any issues. I don't understand why this one is giving me problems.