[NBLUG/talk] Cannot bind to a port

[Bill Kendrick]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 11:15:23AM -0700, Todd Cary wrote:
> I have httpd set to use port 81, however when I try to start it, it 
> cannot bind to that port.

I assume you're running as root?  (If not, realize that only high ports
(1024 and above, IIRC) are available to non-super-user processes on a
Unix/Linux system)

Are any other processes already using port 81?

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