# Nginx won't stop **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [December 7, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-wont-stop/214602 "2011-12-07T01:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-wont-stop/214602/1 "2011-12-07T01:30:48Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve spent the last few hours on what I thought was the end of a Rails/Passenger/Nginx setup but I have had absolutely no luck. When I try to restart nginx (using /etc/init.d/nginx restart) I get: Restarting nginx: nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) nginx: [emerg] bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) nginx: [emerg] still could not bind() nginx. If I stop the server, it seems successful, but if I run the command “lsof -i :80” as root I see: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME nginx 2801 root 6u IPv4 7489 0t0 TCP \*:www (LISTEN) nginx 2802 nobody 6u IPv4 7489 0t0 TCP \*:www (LISTEN) If I manually kill the nginx process and then start it, it works but does NOT take into account any changes I’ve made to my configuration files. So far, I seem completely unable to make any changes to my configuration work. Even removing default from sites-enabled did nothing. At this point I’m so frustrated I’m close to heaving my computer out a window. Any ideas?! ---
**Author:** ![mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mansfiem)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-wont-stop/214602/2 "2011-12-07T04:20:53Z")
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Matthew M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If I manually kill the nginx process and then start it, it works but > does NOT take into account any changes I’ve made to my configuration > files. So far, I seem completely unable to make any changes to my > configuration work. Even removing default from sites-enabled did > nothing. sounds like nginx you started manually read different config file. try nginx -V Also, providing the nginx.conf would help. – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org) ---
**Author:** ![mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mansfiem)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-wont-stop/214602/3 "2011-12-07T05:38:34Z")
Ok so I think you’re right. I’m using the passenger-install-nginx-module command, with a target directory of /opt/nginx. I removed /etc/nginx, /opt/nginx, /usr/sbin/nginx, and tried to reinstall fresh. Fresh install initially seemed to work, with the first restart working fine, but a second time it is the exact same as it was before. Before when I ran nginx -v I got 1.0.5, but now I get -bash: /usr/sbin/nginx: No such file or directory because I deleted it obviously. Any thoughts of how I can go about finding the other installation and removing it or just being absolutely sure I’ve removed everything? ---
**Author:** ![mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mansfiem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mansfiem)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-wont-stop/214602/4 "2011-12-07T05:47:55Z")
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Matthew M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > -bash: /usr/sbin/nginx: No such file or directory Restart bash: exec bash Also what do you mean by “second time (restart)”? – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org)