Dovecot (Fatal: listen(993) failed: Address already in use)

Dovencot (Fatal: listen(993) failed: Address already in use)

help no run dovencot
S.O: Debian 3.1
/etc/init.d/dovecot start
Starting dovecot: Fatal: listen(993) failed: Address already in use

That means either dovecot or some other imaps server is already running. Try doing a: to see what is listening to that port and stop it, so that it doesn't run at start up.

yes run

yes run kill proces ports 110 991 993 y yes run

Hi,

I'm getting
Shutting down dovecot: [FAILED]
Starting dovecot: Fatal: listen(995) failed: Address already in use

the lsof command doesnt work on my box (centos) and how to kill the proces with the port 995?

//edit

I have fixed it, rpc.statd was using port 995. Does anyone know what rpc.statd is?
If anyone have the same issue, run netstat -tnlp and end the process .

Look here.

You probably don't need to run it unless you're running (and using) NFS filesystems.

Jeff