Failed to bind the listen socket

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soneal
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Failed to bind the listen socket

#1 Post by soneal » 2009-06-04 18:59

I am running Filezilla server version 0.9.31 beta and have been successfully for well over a year. My Filezilla server is used at a business and is accessed every day. However, I have had a reoccurring problem in that about every 2-3 months I see the error below in the log file and the server goes offline. All I have to do is access the server, open Filezilla server, click the Server tab, and recheck the Active option and the server is fine for another few months. Is there a fix to or thought on why this happens? Thanks. - Scott

FileZilla Server version 0.9.31 beta started
Initializing Server.
Creating listen socket on port 21...
Failed to bind the listen socket on port 21 to the following IPs: 172.xxx.xxx.xxx
Creating listen socket on port 990...
Failed to bind the listen socket on port 990 to the following IPs: 172.xxx.xxx.xxx
Server not online.

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Re: Failed to bind the listen socket

#2 Post by botg » 2009-06-04 23:06

Are you using any firewalls?

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Re: Failed to bind the listen socket

#3 Post by mucisland » 2009-06-23 20:01

Same here:

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FileZilla Server version 0.9.32 beta started
Initializing Server.
Creating listen socket on port 21...
Failed to bind the listen socket on port 21 to the following IPs: 5.x.y.z
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I bound FZS to two IPs, one is working fine, the other (5.x.y.z, Hamachi) not.

The error occurs only if I start FZS with a dedicated ftpserver user account. Under the SYSTEM account I can connect from both networks.

I followed this guide for creating a separate user account: http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Secur ... stallation

Is the socket binding also subject to ACL security?

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Dirk

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Re: Failed to bind the listen socket

#4 Post by botg » 2009-06-23 23:08

Is the socket binding also subject to ACL security?
No idea, ask Microsoft.

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Re: Failed to bind the listen socket

#5 Post by fileZillaGio » 2012-06-11 14:13

Did someone solve this problem?
I think there is some privilege than "LocalSystem" has and my user don't.
Any idea?

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