[root@dev ~]# rpm -qa|grep varnish
varnish-3.0.2-1.el5.x86_64
varnish-libs-3.0.2-1.el5.x86_64
(PS: Running the RHEL5-package on RHEL6, not sure if this is the problem itself.)


[root@dev ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)


[root@dev ~]# service varnish start
Starting Varnish Cache:                                    [  OK  ]
[root@dev ~]# ps -ef|grep varnish
root      7718  4694  0 19:25 pts/0    00:00:00 grep varnish

(nothing running from Varnish)


dmesg:
Aug 30 19:25:22 dev varnishd[7715]: Platform: Linux,2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64,x86_64,-sfile,-smalloc,-hcritbit
Aug 30 19:25:22 dev varnishd[7715]: Child start failed: could not open sockets