From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Valverde?= Subject: NFNETLINK answers: File exists Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:07:09 +0100 Message-ID: <48C3FC2D.903@netcabo.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@vger.kernel.org Hello everyone, I'm working on a program that uses libnetfilter_queue, and after the=20 program crashes or I have to kill it I get the following error starting= up: NFNETLINK answers: File exists Error during nfq_bind_pf(): File exists Rebooting fixes it so I guess the netlink socket in question is a=20 "virtual" one. What I'd like to know is how to clear this error without= =20 rebooting? Thank you for your help, Jo=E3o Valverde