Differences between version 4 and predecessor to the previous major change of EADDRINUSE.
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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, April 14, 2003 6:30:07 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:05:53 am | by KevinGeorge | Revert |
@@ -9,4 +9,12 @@
kill(1) the other program that is listening on that port and try again.
Usually you get this error when trying to start a daemon that is already running.
+
+----
+To code around this call
+ unsigned int opt = 1;
+ if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt))==-1) {
+ perror("setsockopt(fd,SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,1)");
+ !exit(1);
+ }
