[syslog-ng] io.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed Address already inuse

[Geller, Sandor (IT)]

Hi,
> Hi,
> 
> We use syslog-ng 1.6.12 in RHEL4.
> As part of our system testing we restart syslog-ng 150 times in a loop
> along with other services in the server.
> 
> syslog-ng fails to come up 3/4 times with the error :
> "io.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed 192.168.128.1:601 
> Address already in use".

How do you restart syslog-ng? It takes some time to close sources/
destinations and there is a chance that the new syslog-ng instance
tries to bind to the same address the not-yet-stopped instance
still uses.

Regards,

Sandor
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