[syslog-ng]bind_inet_socket() error

[Dave Johnson]

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!