problem with starting racoon

[Peter Sandilands]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:34 am, Tkachenko, Artem N wrote:
> I have a problem starting racoon. I try to start with the fallowing
> command:
> 	DELL2# racoon -F -f my-racoon.conf
> And I am getting the fallowing massages:

> 	2003-06-11 20:12:22: ERROR: isakmp.c:1350:isakmp_open(): failed to
> bind (Address already in use).
> 	2003-06-11 20:12:22: ERROR: isakmp.c:1350:isakmp_open(): failed to
> bind (Address already in use).

Try running ps -ax (assuming you are root)  I'll bet you'll find racoon is 
already running and bound to the relevant IP addresses.  You need to kill 
racoon or -HUP it 

> 	DELL2# racoon -f my-racoon.conf
> i don't get any messages at all.

Running as a daemon the errors go into a log file

Pete