On 2005.01.13, Jeffrey Katcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the seemingly stupid question: > > I used to use AOLServer 2 & 3 regularly and just installed v4 for a > new project. I can't get it to start on port 80 unless I explicitly > specify the address:port with -b. Starting as root with -u nobody, it > fails to bind with a permission error. Additionally using -b makes it > work, but it's not a clean solution. Any suggestions as to what I'm > doing wrong?
Jeff, This is correct: in order to use ports < 1024, you must pre-bind the socket using the -b command line option. This is the only clean solution that's safe. Because AOLserver drops root privileges *before* executing the contents of your config script (which contains the relevant nssock config indicating the IP and port to bind/listen on), and on most Unix platforms' default config only the privileged user (uid 0) can bind to ports < 1024, we must tell AOLserver to "pre-bind" to the IP and port pairs that we'll be using before it drops privs. In short: if AOLserver is going to bind/listen on ports < 1024, you must start nsd as root AND specify the IP/port using the -b command line option. This is absolutely correct. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- 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.
