Port Problem

[Ben Pfaff]

"Michael Malinak" <malinakm@crushedice.com> writes:

> Ok so MySQL crashed on my server and now when I try to start it again it
> says the port is in use.  Is there any way of clearing the port?  I know
> rebooting would work, but who want's to trash a 52 day uptime.

Is the port actually in use?  You can find out with `fuser -n tcp
<port-number>'.  If so, kill the process that's using it.

Otherwise, wait a few minutes, then try again.  The TIME_WAIT
state will go away.  It's necessary in order to avoid race
conditions.
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