Why do I see "open_socket_in(): socket() call failed: Address family not supported by protocol" in log.smbd?
Issue
- Why do I see "open_socket_in(): socket() call failed: Address family not supported by protocol" in log.smbd?
Sample log of /var/log/samba/log.smbd:
[2017/10/12 10:58:52.455507, 0] ../lib/util/become_daemon.c:124(daemon_ready)
STATUS=daemon 'smbd' finished starting up and ready to serve connections
[2017/10/12 10:58:52.461372, 0] ../source3/lib/util_sock.c:334(open_socket_in)
open_socket_in(): socket() call failed: Address family not supported by protocol
[2017/10/12 10:58:52.461464, 0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1080(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in: Address family not supported by protocol
[2017/10/12 10:58:52.465569, 0] ../source3/lib/util_sock.c:334(open_socket_in)
open_socket_in(): socket() call failed: Address family not supported by protocol
[2017/10/12 10:58:52.465595, 0] ../source3/smbd/server.c:1080(smbd_open_one_socket)
smbd_open_one_socket: open_socket_in: Address family not supported by protocol
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- samba
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