On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:12:54PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 11:29:24PM -0400, maxtor wrote:
> >
> > I want to have a web server but I don't want to use the default port "80". I
>
> [...]
>
> > 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.
>
> That's the only way it works. If you don't specify a port in your browser,
> the browser connects to (or tries to) port 80.
Right.
Why port 90? I checked in my copy of /etc/services, and port 90 is not
assigned right now. However, ports below 1024 are usually assigned by the
Internet Powers the Be, and you risk a collision at some time in the
future. I suggest you use a port above 1024.
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