message appears at prompt

[chris at i13i.com]

Something is allready binding to port 22 use netstat -4l and see if you
have sshd running allready

> The following messages are appearing at my terminal on a frequent basis:
>
> (Jan 15 09:23:05 e-mach login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0
> Jan 15 09:25:43 e-mach login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 ....preceeding
> from /var/log/messages)
> (these are the messages of concern:)
> Jan 15 09:32:54 e-mach inetd[503]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Jan 15 09:42:54 e-mach inetd[503]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> Jan 15 09:52:54 e-mach inetd[503]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> The question is:
> What is going on here?
> It appears to be a conflict as one process is trying to bind to an
> address that is being used by another process
> However, I don't know if that is what 'bind' is in this context. If it
> doesn't mean DNS BIND then that eliminates
> that possibility.
> Please excuse my newbe question but I hope it doesn't mean that
> someone's script has snuck onto my
> machine from the network and beyond. These messages are appearing when
> the proxy/router machine
> is not even turned on.
> I would chase this down myself and not use the list but I don't know
> enough of where to look.
> The only clue I have is that sshd starts on boot and is also enabled in
> inetd.conf. Could this
> be the conflict?
> Thanks so much
> JK
>
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