On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:53 AM, John Reddy linuxpencil@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi; I get this: ]# /etc/init.d/dovecot start Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use and this: ]# netstat -ltn Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 209.216.9.56:587 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:587 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:23 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 209.216.9.56:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN tcp 0 0 ::1:53 :::* LISTEN tcp 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN tcp 0 0 ::1:953 :::* LISTEN and this: # /usr/sbin/lsof -i|grep 143 returns *nothing*. How do I figure out which program is using tcp to listen on port 143? TIA, John
Try "lsof -i tcp:143" or "netstat -antp | grep 143"
Cliff