Starting cPanel ssl services: [FAILED]

sh4ka

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Can anyone tell me how to fix this.. when I restart cpanel service, the ssl services (ssl ports for webmail, cpanel and whm) don't start.. ? Anyone with the same problem ?

Starting cPanel Log services: [ OK ]
Starting pop3 services: [ OK ]
Starting cPanel Chat services:
Starting Melange Chat services:
Starting cPanel ssl services: [FAILED]

I already checked firewall rules, and ssl ports are allowed as always do in cpanel servers.

Saw this in /var/log/messages:

Mar 10 17:17:44 server startcppop: Waiting for cppop-ssl to shutdown...
Mar 10 17:17:44 server startcppop: .
Mar 10 17:17:44 server startcppop: ..Done
Mar 10 17:17:44 server cpanel: startcppop startup succeeded
Mar 10 17:17:45 server stunnel[6710]: stunnel 4.04 on i686-pc-linux-gnu PTHREAD+LIBWRAP with OpenSSL 0.9.7a Feb 19 2003
Mar 10 17:17:45 server stunnel[6710]: FD_SETSIZE=16384, file ulimit=4096 -> 2000 clients allowed
Mar 10 17:17:45 server stunnel[6710]: Error binding imaps to 0.0.0.0:993
Mar 10 17:17:45 server stunnel[6710]: bind: Address already in use (98)
Mar 10 17:17:45 server cpanel: startstunnel startup failed


thkz!
 
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dalem

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you need to find the service that's interferring with stunnel chances are you dont need it

so disable it


i would look in /etc/xinetd.d/

pop3ds & imaps or popa3ds or somthing like that are the usal cuuprits cpanel does not need them