Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

[Stephanie]

Hey,

I'm getting the following error while restarting the http service.

[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

Anyone know How to resolve it?

[KelvinSmith]

Hello,
Find the total no of open process for the port 80 with command "lsof -i :80"

[root@server ~]# lsof -i :80
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
perl 17958 apache 4u IPv6 9020162 TCP *:http (LISTEN)

After that, kill all open process ( 17958 ) listed above and restart the http service again.

[root@server ~]# kill -9 17958
[root@server ~]# lsof -i :80
[root@server ~]# apachectl stop
[root@server ~]# apachectl start
[root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@server ~]#