Hi,

Not sure if anyone has experience with old netscape web servers, but
maybe the error I'm getting is related more to solaris 8 and my network
set up than the actual web server. When I try and start my web server,
after setting my IP address in the configuration (obj.conf) file, I get
this error:

hostname uxwdog[1068]: startup failure: could not bind to IP address
123.234.123.234 port 80 (Cannot assign requested address)

However, when logged in to the same machine from which I'm trying to
start the webserver, I can ping this address and I'm told its alive.

Any insight is greatly appreciated, - Dave

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure if anyone has experience with old netscape web servers, but
> maybe the error I'm getting is related more to solaris 8 and my network
> set up than the actual web server. When I try and start my web server,
> after setting my IP address in the configuration (obj.conf) file, I get
> this error:
>
> hostname uxwdog[1068]: startup failure: could not bind to IP address
> 123.234.123.234 port 80 (Cannot assign requested address)
>
> However, when logged in to the same machine from which I'm trying to
> start the webserver, I can ping this address and I'm told its alive.
>
> Any insight is greatly appreciated, - Dave
>
Two thoughts, maybe one will be useful:

1) binding to port 80 requires root privilege

2) if you ping the IP, that tells you nothing about port 80. What
happens if you try to telnet to port 80? If there is a response, then
something else is already using the port. If no response, go back to
thought 1.

HTH,
Jim