make_sock could not bind to address

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Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80

Problem:-

While restarting the http service if you get the following error:

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[[email protected] ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [FAILED]
Starting httpd: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
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Solution:-

Find the total no of open process for the port 80 with command "lsof -i :80"

[[email protected] ~]# lsof -i :80
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
perl 17958 apache 4u IPv6 9020162 TCP *:http (LISTEN)

After that, kill all open process (17958) listed above and restart the http service again.

[[email protected] ~]# kill -9 17958
[[email protected] ~]# lsof -i :80
[[email protected] ~]# apachectl stop
[[email protected] ~]# apachectl start
[[email protected] ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[[email protected] ~]#

Done!!!