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<p>Hello,<br>
The OS is Scientific Linux 6.3 (which is similar to redhat,
centos and fedora) and I have installed dnsmasq with the
following configuration</p>
<pre><code> interface=eth1
domain=hpclab
expand-hosts
dhcp-range=10.0.2.51,10.0.2.100,static
dhcp-option=42,0.0.0.0
dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot
dhcp-host=08:00:27:69:73:7A,ws04,10.0.2.51
</code></pre>
<p>and current node (which runs dnsmasq) has this ip</p>
<pre><code> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:A9:20:C0
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fea9:20c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
</code></pre>
<p>However, I get error when trying to start the dnsmasq service</p>
<pre><code> [root@localhost mahmood]# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq status
dnsmasq is stopped
[root@localhost mahmood]# /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start
Starting dnsmasq:
dnsmasq: failed to create listening socket: Address already in use
[FAILED]
</code></pre>
<p>netstat command shows the following information</p>
<pre><code> [root@localhost mahmood]# netstat -anlp | grep -w LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1252/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1445/cupsd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1685/master
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:46556 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1348/rpc.statd
tcp 0 0 :::111 :::* LISTEN 1252/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN 4884/httpd
tcp 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 1445/cupsd
tcp 0 0 :::51096 :::* LISTEN 1348/rpc.statd
</code></pre>
<p>What missconfiguration causes such error and how can I fix
that?</p>
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Regards,<br>
Mahmood</div>
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