Re: [SLUG] Who / what is using port 25?

From: Bill C. (bill13510@wwnet.net)
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 17:51:22 EST


On Monday 22 December 2003 10:39 am, you wrote:
> > I am having trouble starting postfix. It claims something else is using
> > port 25 and nmap agrees. Netstat | grep 25 is inconclusive as is netstat
> > | grep smtp.
>
> Try:
> fuser -n tcp 25
>
> This will list the PID that's binding to the port.
>
> > /var/log/maillog shows:
> > Dec 21 23:03:06 genesis postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail
> > system

It would appear that I have been rooted. Everything below /var is gone.

FYI, my last move was to install pure-ftpd from the tar.gz file last night.

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