/dev/log.un is an AF_UNIX socket, not a file.

Some (most?) Unixes implement AF_UNIX sockets as real files visible to ls, etc,
but MPE does not.

So /dev/log.un was in use as an AF_UNIX socket, not as a file...

- Mark B. (wishes AF_UNIX sockets were implemented as files, but oh well...)

Donna Garverick wrote:

> hi all!
>
> (and why are we working on saturday....oh well....)
>
> syslogd has decide to quick working on one of my systems.
> when i try to run it (by hand or in a job....but the actual
> command is the same....), an error shows up on the console:
> syslogd: cannot create /dev/log.un: Address is in use
>
> huh?  there is no file in /dev with that name.  there's no
> subdirectories under /SYSLOG/PUB either....so anyone got a
> clue about why this is failing??         - d 'no, nothing
> has changed'
>
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