[Gridsphere-users] Re: gridftp -- address in use

[Deepan]

I got the issue solved by adding -s -i option to the server. But the
forking should happen by default i guess. I am not sure why it does not
happen by default. 

On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 18:02 +0800, Deepan wrote:
> Hi All,
>   I had my gridftp working properly until yesterday. I only recreated
> some of my proxys today morning. Now when i restart my gridftp server
> using  "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart", gridftp starts properly. I can see
> it listening at port 2811 using netstat. the netstat output also shows
> may TIME_WAIT state. It looks like the following
> 
> 
> 
> # netstat -alpn | grep 2811
> 
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2811        
> 0.0.0.0:*             LISTEN      3863/xinetd         
> 
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:2811
> 127.0.0.1:32969             TIME_WAIT   -                   
> 
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:2811              127.0.0.1:32990
> TIME_WAIT   -                   
> 
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:2811              127.0.0.1:32991
> TIME_WAIT   -                   
> 
> [root at nodeone ~]# 
> 
> 
> When I try to connect from gridsphere file browser portlet, I get the
> error "unable to connect". when i do telnet to port 2811,  I get the
> error connection closed by foreign host. 
> 
> [root at nodeone ~]# telnet nodeone 2811
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [root at nodeone ~]#
> 
> 
> The gridftp logs show the following.
> 
> [3852] Fri Nov 24 18:17:43 2006 :: Server started in daemon mode.
> [3852] Fri Nov 24 18:17:43 2006 :: Could not start server:
> globus_xio: globus_l_xio_tcp_create_listener failed.
> globus_xio: globus_l_xio_tcp_bind failed.
> globus_xio: System error in bind: Address already in use
> globus_xio: A system call failed: Address already in use
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I dont understand why it reports "Address already in use". There is no
> other client talking to the gridftp server. I am very sure about it. I
> am not trying to start two servers here. I have one server running. I am
> just trying to connect to the listening server. 
> 
> 
> 
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