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Issue

xinetd rejects connectin requests when the cps option is used in a service's xinetd configuration file. The log file records a message similar to:
```
Dec 12 00:25:29 hostname1 xinetd[3067]: bind failed (Address already in use (errno = 98)). service = pop3
```
restarting xinetd (service xinetd restart) will clear the problem temporarily.
A service will be permanently disabled due to a bind failure that occurs when the service is restarted after being temporarily disabled because the service has hit it CPS limits.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2
xinetd-2.3.14-10.el5-i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
xinetd-2.3.14-33.el6

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