ntpd:bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=9 fails: Address already in use

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Issue

  • The below errors were encountered in /var/log/messages:

Nov  9 09:30:01 twnycdli661 ntpd[17984]: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 0.0.0.0, in_classd=0 flags=9 fails: Address already in use
Nov  9 09:30:01 twnycdli661 ntpd[17984]: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 127.0.0.1, in_classd=0 flags=5 fails: Address already in use
Nov  9 09:30:01 twnycdli661 ntpd[17984]: bind() fd 16, family 2, port 123, addr 10.144.144.168, in_classd=0 flags=25 fails: Address already in use

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

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