On 16.11.2006, at 19.37, Matt Pelletier wrote:
Mongrel runs without sudo on all other ports > 1024 otherwise. Anyone have the reason that these ports require sudo?

I think it is pretty common to require sudo to run on privileged ports. I guess it might be because otherwise any user could start acting as the web server in the internet (assuming the port is not blocked by a firewall).

//jarkko

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