Unable to bind to UDP port 514 (or similar)

If the Kiwi Syslog Daemon error log shows a message similar to the this, then this is because it is only possible to have a single process bound to a port at any one time.

You will need to locate the offending process and shut it down, before restarting Kiwi Syslog Daemon again.

The first thing you need to do, is determine which process is already using the required port.

To achieve this follow these steps:

Open a Windows command prompt and type in “netstat –ano”, without the quotes.

This will display a list of processes and the ports that they are bound to.

Locate the process identifier (PID) of the offending process, then open the Windows Task Manager and use this to determine the process with the matching PID. Shut it down.

If your Windows Task Manager does not display the PID, then this option can be enabled from the View | Select columns… menu.

Once you have shutdown the offending process, you should be able to restart Kiwi Syslog Daemon and have it successfully bind to the correct port and start receiving syslog messages.

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