Why rsync daemon won't start?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • rsync daemon does not start
2014/02/19 19:01:51 [14756] rsyncd version 3.0.6 starting, listening on port 873
2014/02/19 19:01:51 [14756] bind() failed: Address already in use (address-family 2)
2014/02/19 19:01:51 [14756] bind() failed: Address already in use (address-family 10)
2014/02/19 19:01:51 [14756] unable to bind any inbound sockets on port 873
2014/02/19 19:01:51 [14756] rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at socket.c(541) [receiver=3.0.6]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • rsync

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