This sounds like it is related to this issue, which is fixed but we need to do a release of 1.0.3, or you can build from SVN in the mean time. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-926 Thanks, Chris On 8/3/07, Hendrik Saly wrote: > > Hello, > > while running apache ds embedded in an unit test szenario i run into the > problem that after shutdown the server socket is not > released/closed. The next unittest which tries to startup the directory > server from scratch breaks down because of an "adress > already in use exception". > > I used the sample code to start/shudown from > > http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/embedding-apacheds-as-a-web-application.data/StartStopListener.java > > Environment: > Apache DS 1.0.2 > Java 1.4.2 > > Any clues? > > Thanks > -Hendrik > >