Cannot create new service with xinetd in RHEL6

Question

I've installed the Nagios on My RHEL 6.4(x64) machine. and i added one more module name called "NSCA" for some central monitoring solution.so the setup required add NSCA service detail under xinetd.

I've installed the xinetd package using yum on RHEL6 server.

I added the NSCA file under /etc/xinet.d directory as per the setup. find the below,

# default: on
# description: NSCA (Nagios Service Check Acceptor)
service nsca
{
        flags           = REUSE
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = nagios
        group           = nagios
        server          = /usr/local/nagios/bin/nsca
        server_args     = -c /usr/local/nagios/nsca.cfg --inetd
        log_on_failure  += USERID
        disable         = no
        only_from       = 127.0.0.1 129.221.8.95
}

also I added port detail in /etc/service like below

nsca            5667/tcp                # NSCA

when I restart the xinetd service, I'm getting following error message in /var/log/message like below,

Aug  7 11:52:54 rhel6 xinetd[13140]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/nsca [file=/etc/xinetd.d/nsca] [line=67]
Aug  7 11:52:54 rhel6 xinetd[13140]: bind failed (Address already in use (errno = 98)). service = nsca
Aug  7 11:52:54 rhel6 xinetd[13140]: Service nsca failed to start and is deactivated.

Can someone tell me what is wrong with my setup?

Solution

bind failed (Address already in use (errno = 98)). service = nsca

indicates that the port (5667) is already in use.

Check if nsca is already running. Try netstat -tuan to see if anything else has the port in use. Verify that there is no copy of the nsca file in /etc/xinet.d so that xinetd is trying to start it twice.

Comments

[HamTheAstroChimp]

Thanks @dor bro, before posting here i've checked for /etc/xinet.d for duplicate, anyway there is no duplicate. also checked netstat -aunt | grep 5667 it gives what i expect like below, tcp 0 0 :::5667 :::* LISTEN Finally, i reboot the RHEL server. After rebooting its working working like charm, How COME?

[Leonid]

For example,you could have already tried launching the said NCSA manually, and then, after the xinetd restart, there was an attempt to create a duplicate. Or it might have been some other process using the same port (this is less likely, but still possible).