Yeah your provider is way off. Web pages don't do anything but get served up by apache.
Now if we were talking tomcat or jboss that would be different. I'd go ahead and find a smarter hosting provider! Anyone who says stuff like this instantly loses my trust and especially coming from a "hosting provider". /rant -Andy On 10/25/07 5:28 AM, "Simon Bierbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what I'm thinking... I'll ask them for a port number. Maybe > that helps tracking down the "problem". > > Simon > > Am 25.10.2007 um 09:50 schrieb Richard Hinkamp - BeSite: > >> Hmm that's weird. We run multiple OTRS installs on a shared webhost >> without a problem. OTRS is a web application which runs when >> requested, not a daemon running all the time. It definitely doesn't >> bind to a port. I think your hosting provider needs to check again. >> >> Richard >> >> Simon Bierbaum wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> I have OTRS 2.2.1 installed on a shared webhost. The provider now >>> claims that bin/cgi-bin/index.pl binds to a port and goes on about >>> how I'm not supposed to run any "server software like IRC, game >>> servers or daemons". Does anyone know why OTRS would bind to any >>> port, and how I can disable it? My understanding is that OTRS >>> would not need to bind to any port to listen for connections... >> _______________________________________________ >> OTRS mailing list: otrs - Webpage: http://otrs.org/ >> Archive: http://lists.otrs.org/pipermail/otrs >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.otrs.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/otrs >> Support or consulting for your OTRS system? >> => http://www.otrs.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > OTRS mailing list: otrs - Webpage: http://otrs.org/ > Archive: http://lists.otrs.org/pipermail/otrs > To unsubscribe: http://lists.otrs.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/otrs > Support or consulting for your OTRS system? > => http://www.otrs.com/ Andy Lubel Application Administrator / IT Department GTSI Corp. 3901 Stonecroft Boulevard Chantilly, VA 20151 Tel: 1.800.999.GTSI ext.2309 Dir: 703.502.2309 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _______________________________________________ OTRS mailing list: otrs - Webpage: http://otrs.org/ Archive: http://lists.otrs.org/pipermail/otrs To unsubscribe: http://lists.otrs.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/otrs Support or consulting for your OTRS system? => http://www.otrs.com/
