This looks like an IPv6 issue...
Look at: http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/652.html
and
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200211/msg00384.html
-tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerry Maddock [mailto:gerrym@futuremetals.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:43 AM
> To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: daemon: bind(6) failed errno=98 (Address already in use)
> Importance: High
>
> I know this problem has been addressed before, but I was
> unable to find an answer that made any sense. I have
> openldap-2.0.21-1 on a RH7.2 sys with pretty much the
> defaults on the slapd.conf file (the only parts changed were
> adding my domain name to the examples) I can post the
> slapd.conf if needed, but as stated earlier it's the RH
> default slapd with only my domain name added in.
> Ok, when I run: slapd -d 256 I get:
>
> slapd -d 256
> daemon: socket() failed errno=97 (Address family not
> supported by protocol)
> daemon: bind(6) failed errno=98 (Address already in use)
> daemon: bind(6) failed
> slapd stopped.
> connections_destroy: nothing to destroy
>
>
> ON previous mails, I see people stating that another process
> is using port 389. I then ran netstat -nat| grep 389 and saw:
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:389 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN
>
> I then killed ldap with: service ldap stop and reran netstat
> to see if that port was still in use and it wasn't:
> Netstat -nat|grep 389 returned no results.
>
> I then checked to ensure all firewalling programs were killed:
> service ipchains stop
> service iptables stop
> service portsentry stop
>
> I then restart ldap (service ldap start), try to use ldapadd,
> and as usual, nothing.
> I'm at a loss here, if there is anyone who can help me it
> would be greatly appreciated.