After setting up the outstreamcmd parameter in rpt.conf with ezstream on my DIAL AllStar node I noticed that when I stopped and restarted the asterisk service, I was getting the following error in the log: [Oct 29 23:15:37] WARNING[19838] manager.c: Unable to bind socket: Address already in use I found that after a service asterisk stop, port 5038 was still in use. my manager.conf file has port = 5038 prior to a service asterisk stop - I get the following: root@Server1:~# ps -ef | grep 7497 root 7497 1 24 13:45 ? 00:09:24 /usr/sbin/asterisk root 7528 7497 0 13:45 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/lame --preset cbr 16 -r -m m -s 8 --bitwidth 16 - - | /usr/bin/ezstream -qvc /etc/asterisk/ezstream.xml after a service asterisk stop I can still see port 5038 in use: root@Server1:~# netstat -nlp|grep 5038 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:5038 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 7528/sh Now, when I issue asterisk service start I get the following error: manager.c: Unable to bind socket: Address already in use and Asterisk fails to load If I kill pid 7528 then my service asterisk start works fine. I assume outstreamcmd is using manager, shells out to ezstream which is a child of asterisk, and when asterisk shuts down, the process running ezstream is left running. Should I put something in my asterisk startip script to look for processes using 5038 and kill them? Thanks -Larry