Re: [NEWBIE]Error when starting MUD

From: George Greer (greerga@circlemud.org)
Date: 02/05/02


On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Cory Harasym wrote:

>I am using cygwin to run circle3.0bpl19 dg scripts and oasis olc.I did
><./configure> it worked. I <make circle> it worked, and then go into my
>root directory type bin/circle worked but i get this
>
>Using file description for logging.
>Feb 5 14:20:21 :: CircleMUd, Version 3.00bpl19
>DGscripts version....
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Using Lib as a directory.
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Running on game port 4000.
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Finding player limit.
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Setting player limit..
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Opening mother connection
>Feb 5 14:20:22 :: Binding only to IP address: <my ip>
>SYSERR: bind: errno EADDRNOTAVAIL triggerd

So stop trying to bind to just one IP address.

config.c:
        const char *DFLT_IP = NULL; /* bind to all interfaces */

It's not strictly necessary unless you have a (MUD) hosting provider that
requires it.

--
George Greer
greerga@circlemud.org

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