[Box Backup] Error regarding SocketBindError / ListenAddresses

[James O'Gorman]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:27:08PM +0100, Wouter van Eekelen wrote:
> I'm getting this error when starting the server:
> Jan  3 18:22:08 donkey Box Backup (bbstored)[1078]: NOTICE: Starting daemon,
> version 0.11rc2, config: /etc/boxbackup/bbstored.conf
> Jan  3 18:22:08 donkey Box Backup (bbstored)[1078]: WARNING: Exception
> thrown: ServerException(SocketBindError) at
> ../../lib/server/SocketListen.h(199)
> Jan  3 18:22:08 donkey Box Backup (bbstored)[1078]: FATAL: Terminating due
> to exception Server SocketBindError (Check the ListenAddresses directive in
> your config file -- must refer to local IP addresses only) (3/16)
> Jan  3 18:22:08 donkey bbstored/hk[1079]: NOTICE: Terminating daemon

Is there already something listening on TCP port 2201? Check with:

netstat -an | grep 2201

It could be a stale daemon hanging around and holding the port open.
This can happen after running the unit tests sometimes.

James