I occasionally hit this when transitioning to a VPN connection or shutting one down: Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr NetworkManager[559]: <info> VPN connection 'cbeyond' (IP Config Get) complete. Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr NetworkManager[559]: <info> Policy set 'Built-in Ethernet' (em1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr NetworkManager[559]: <info> DNS: starting dnsmasq... Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr dnsmasq[740]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr dnsmasq[31273]: failed to create listening socket for 127.0.0.1: Address already in use Mar 16 17:19:29 vfr dnsmasq[31273]: FAILED to start up Mar 16 17:19:30 vfr NetworkManager[559]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: started (4) Mar 16 17:19:30 vfr dbus[610]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' (using servicehelper) Mar 16 17:19:30 vfr NetworkManager[559]: <warn> dnsmasq exited with error: Network access problem (address in use; permissions; etc) (2) It seems that NM kills the running dnsmasq and then restarts it. The new instance sometimes fails to bind because the old instance hasn't finished closing the port. My work-around is to: sudo systemctl start dnsmasq.service when I notice the failure. How can I eliminate this race? -- Garry T. Williams -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org