# On-the-fly conf reload retrieves errors

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-the-fly-conf-reload-retrieves-errors/225340>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [December 30, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-the-fly-conf-reload-retrieves-errors/225340 "2012-12-30T21:34:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-the-fly-conf-reload-retrieves-errors/225340/1 "2012-12-30T21:34:37Z")

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I tried to run a “nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf” but I got:  
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()  
[Exit 1]

Then I run a fuser -k 80/tcp ; service nginx restart. I tried again with  
nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf but still the same [emerg] bind() to  
0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use)

Why is this happening?

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**Author:** ![lorenzo\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@lorenzo\_r](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lorenzo_r)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/on-the-fly-conf-reload-retrieves-errors/225340/2 "2012-12-30T21:59:09Z")

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Ignore, I found the explanation