[NTLUG:Discuss] Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'

[terry]

Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> Your right I should have bullet pointed them to avoid confusion.
> #1 You need to be root
> #2 Check if something is already running on that port.
> 
> Judging by the output you sent the second option was the case.  It looks
> like you have something setup in xinetd that is binding to the port.  The
> easy way to find what is binding to that port would be to grep for it.
> 
> grep 515 /etc/xinetd.d/*

grep 515 /etc/xinetd.d/*
returns nothing.

> 
> If you like you can add "| grep port" to the end to make sure you aren't
> getting anything that isn't on that port.  More than likely you will be
> presented with a filename: and the line from the file that matches similar
> to the following.
> 
> /etc/xinetd.d/somefile:		port	= 515
> 
> Now edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/somefile were somefile was the one it
> returned to you look for the line
> 
> disable         = no
> 
> and change it to
> 
> disable         = yes
> 
> Next you would run
> 
> /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
> 
> If this fails you can also use
> 
> killall -HUP xinetd

I killed xinetd

But still no printing.

After trying to configure printer again and then trying to print test 
page (via localhost:631) I encounter following error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access the resource on this server.


> 
> Now when you do whatever you were doing you will not get the Fatal error -
> Cannot bind to lpd port '515'
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Noah
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:46 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Fatal error - Cannot bind to lpd port '515'
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> 
>>First thing I would check is what is causing you not to be able to bind to
>>the port.
>>
>>First you need to be root.  Assuming you are next you check to see if
>>something is already running on that port.
>>
>>lsof -i TCP:515
> 
> 
> # /usr/sbin/lsof -i TCP:515
> COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
> xinetd  767 root    5u  IPv4   1491       TCP *:printer (LISTEN)
> 
> [There's the info., just not sure what to do with it.]
> 
> 
>>More than likely it is one of these two things that is preventing you from
>>being able to bind to the port.
> 
> 
> One of which two?  (You only mentioned one thing.)
> 
> 
> 
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