Re: running mv twice on the same port ...

[Frank Miedreich <miedreich@acm.org>]

>******    message to minivend-users from Marius Schaefer
><maillist@b-p-a.com>     ******
>
>Hi,
>
>how can I start two installed minivends on one physical server on the
>same port? I am using virtuald and every user has his own apache (which
>works fine). The system is RedHat 6.0 (Kernel 2.2.5-15). One minivend
>works, but starting minivend as an other user causes this error:
>
>MiniVend V3.14-3
>- - - [24/August/1999:19:35:21 +0200] - - Config '_mv_admin' at server
>startup
>- - - [24/August/1999:19:35:22 +0200] - - Config 'drinks' at server
>startup
>- - - [24/August/1999:19:35:22 +0200] - - START server (14780) (INET and
>UNIX)
>- - - [24/August/1999:19:35:22 +0200] - - Accepting connections from
>localhost|127\.0\.0\.1
>- - - [24/August/1999:19:35:22 +0200] - - INET mode server failed to
>start on port 7786: bind: Address already in use at
>/usr/home/hyperd/mvend/lib/Vend/Server.pm line 764.
>
>When I stop one mvend, I can start the other.
>Has anybody any idea (I hope but donīt think so). Maybe I have to work
>on something that localhost will be bind to the user-ip?
>
>Any help welcome !! ~:)
>Thank you
>
>Marius
>

You can set the port for minivend in minivend.cfg

You can start minivend in unix mode

You do not really want a seperate minivend for each user. This is a sure
way to eat lots of RAM, without any real advantages.

cheers, Frank

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