[Wrapper-user] Re: Unable to bind port ?

[EXT-Smith, E. M <eri...@bo...>]

(Sorry if this is sent incorrectly.  I haven't quite got the hand of =
Outlook)

I am using the wrapper on 4 separate *-nix versions (HP-UX, Red Hat, =
Mandrake, Debian) and 3 separate Windows versions (NT,2K,XP).  Barring =
some minor issues on the HP-UX with library locations and OS versions, =
and some issues with environment variable loading on the Windows Boxes =
(download latest code from cvs), this is the only other problem I have =
experienced.

I ran into this problem the first time I tried launching some processes =
under Red Hat Linux.

When I ran some test code using Red Hat Linux (7.3, 8.0) and the Sun JDK =
(1.4.0 & 1.4.1)  I experienced problems getting ServerSocket to bind =
properly.  Since Linux has by default the lo adapter as well as your =
normal network adapter, the bind process was getting confused about =
which IP address to use (127.0.0.1 or x.x.x.x).  I discovered this when =
I turned off lo (ifdown lo) and tried running my test code again and =
everything succeeded.

I corrected the problem by updating my Linux system to include all =
patches, and downloading the latest 1.4.1 jdk (1.4.1_05).

*** NOTE ***
I have only experienced this problem on my Red Hat Linux systems.  =
Mandrake and Debian Linux behaved as I expected.

Eric