That's because on Unix-like systems well-known port numbers, like www (port 80), or ftp, telnet etc, are system-reserved to the root user. No other user can open server sockets on ports less than 1024. You should run it as root, or have another user having system administrator prvileges. Renato
____________________________________ Renato Romano Sistemi e Telematica S.p.A. Calata Grazie - Vial Al Molo Giano 16127 - GENOVA e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: 010 2712603 _____________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Tevfik Aytekin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: martedė 30 aprile 2002 14.32 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: port 80 !!?? Hi, I suppose this question should have been answered, but I could not find a satisfactory answer in the archives. Isn't it possible to run tomcat as standalone on port 80 with a user other then root. Apache server manages to do this. But as far as I can see tomcat can not. I wonder why? Can someone answer? This ability of tomcat would have been great since we did not need neither apache nor mod_jk, etc. Also since apache and mod_jk are written in C it troubles many people to get them run on different platforms. So I do not understand why tomcat do not have the ability run on port 80 with a user other than root. Thanks in advance. TA. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
