Response to a) shows:
# ifconfig -a | grep 172
        inet 172.16.100.202 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.16.100.255

all of which is correct.

Response to b) is nothing:

# netstat -an | grep 514
#

I've turned off regular syslog on this box..

-----Original Message-----
From: syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu on behalf of Dave Johnson
Sent: Sat 10/23/2004 11:15 AM
To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng]bind_inet_socket() error

a) ifconfig -a |grep 172
  this shows you have that ip address on that machine?
b) netstat -an |grep 514
  is there something already listening on 514 tcp?

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:54:39 -0500, Walt Rich <walt.rich@parago.com> wrote:
> 
>
> I'm getting the following error when attempting to start syslog-ng:
> 
>  # ./S74syslog start
>  io.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed 172.16.65.61:514 Cannot assign
> requested address
>  Error initializing configuration, exiting.
> 
>  here is the line in the syslog-ng.conf file that is setting up a the
> corresponcidg source:
> 
>  source net_tcp { tcp( ip(172.16.65.61) port(514) ); };
> 
>  Does anyone know what the error means and how I can get around it?
> 
>  I appreciate any help you can provide.
> 
>  Thanks!
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