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From: Charles Boesel <webguy@job-link.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: can't bind local address
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:50:09 +0000
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I'm trying to run a server daemon on FreeBSD2.1
and whenever I try to run it I get this message:

"can't bind local address"

What would cause this and how do I fix it?

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Charles
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