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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/or/connection.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c index 01d8b23014..6f4482e932 100644 --- a/src/or/connection.c +++ b/src/or/connection.c @@ -547,8 +547,12 @@ connection_create_listener(const char *listenaddress, uint16_t listenport, #endif if (bind(s,(struct sockaddr *)&listenaddr,sizeof(listenaddr)) < 0) { - warn(LD_NET, "Could not bind to %s:%u: %s", address, usePort, - tor_socket_strerror(tor_socket_errno(s))); + char *helpfulhint = ""; + int e = tor_socket_errno(s); + if (ERRNO_IS_EADDRINUSE(e)) + helpfulhint = ". Is Tor already running?"; + warn(LD_NET, "Could not bind to %s:%u: %s%s", address, usePort, + tor_socket_strerror(e), helpfulhint); goto err; } |