EADDRNOTAVAIL (errno 99)

errno 99

LINUX

Cannot assign requested address

Linux terminal running strace with the failing system call and errno highlighted
Linux errno: trace the exact failing system call before changing anything.

What it means

EADDRNOTAVAIL is a Linux error code reported by Linux and other POSIX systems. Its official message is: “Cannot assign requested address”

How to fix EADDRNOTAVAIL (errno 99)

  1. Reproduce with 'strace -f -e trace=<syscall> <cmd>' to see the exact failing call
  2. Confirm the errno with 'perror <code>' and correlate with 'dmesg' kernel messages
  3. Isolate the version — re-test on a clean shell or minimal container

Related errors

EADDRINUSE (errno 98)ECONNRESET (errno 104)ENETDOWN (errno 100)ENOENT (errno 2)EIO (errno 5)EAGAIN (errno 11)ENOMEM (errno 12)EACCES (errno 13)

Source: Linux kernel errno.h

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