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From: Herbert Pötzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Wed 20 Aug 2003 - 14:54:10 BST


On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:30:29PM +0100, Sam Vilain wrote:
> [incredibly important stuff left out]
>
> In a vserver context with IP restrictions (assuming Alex/Herbert
> haven't changed this on me :)), when a process tries to bind to

huh? never ever touched the networking code ...
hmm, maybe I should ... 8-)

> 0.0.0.0, it is transparently altered to a bind to the primary address
> of their vserver. This bind call fails, because another process
> already has it open.
>
> There are three simple solutions;
>
> 1. run the daemon (postgres) with `chbind' to restrict it from
> binding to anything other than the master server's IP address -
> done by editing the /etc/init.d/* script.
>
> 2. configure the daemon to restrict it's binding to the master
> server's IP address, see the manual.
>
> 3. turn off the daemon in the master server, perhaps it is not
> needed
>
> (Paul - I couldn't see the answer to this common `bind failed' message
> in the FAQ - perhaps it deserves an entry?)
> --
> Sam Vilain, sam_at_vilain.net
>
> I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah
> it's right. Well no it's not right that's why I said no to it.
> - George W. Bush, South Carolina, February 14, 2000
>
>


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