You have to provide the -b switch for ports under 1024 in AOLserver4.0. The ports are pre-bound while the server is still running as root. If the switch isn't provided, pre-binding doesn't happen and then later the underprivileged user can't get the port, causing the permission denied error.
Another issue is that when AOLserver restarts, sometimes it is so fast, the port isn't available, and the binding can't happen. This has been the case since before 4.0. Put in a 3-4 second delay in your startup script to fix the problem. I'm not sure I have seen the problem of killing AOLserver. Today I was starting AOLserver with sudo and I had to do [ctrl]-c twice to get back to the command line, but I don't think this is the same thing. tom jackson -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
