On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, maxtor wrote:
> I want to have a web server but I don't want to use the default port "80". I
> have changed the listen to port to "90" (90 is the port that i want to use) and
> also in my /etc/services.conf on the www settings i changed that from 80 to 90
> also. But now I cannot log into my web server unless i put the port into my
> url like http://www.myserveraddress.com:90 . What am I doing wrong, or can I
> even do this port 90 thing? All help would be appreciated.
You're not doing anything wrong. When you type a URL into a web browser,
for example http://www.linux-mandrake.com, the browser assumes port 80
(that is, after all, the standard). If port 80 isn't open, it will return
an error. If you want to use a non-standard port, then you're going to
have to live with specifying the port in the URL.
-Matt Stegman
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