Re: Why I can't bind the 1023 port?
From: Owen Stampflee <hidden>
Date: 2002-06-10 19:42:37
On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 02:18, Daniel Lao wrote:
The running result was that I could not bind these ports: 1023, 1022, ... but it was success in bind 1024 port. And while I su to as the super-user, I could bind all these ports! I am wondering if the ports were really protected, and how can I use the ports?
Yes, ports < 1024 are reserved ports for "public" applications and only the superuser can bind them. To use them, you need to be a superuser. I am not familar with rcp (I would use scp even for local transfers) but it should be able to run on another port. Owen -- Owen Stampflee - owen@penguinppc.org http://penguinppc.org/~owen ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/