-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-06-06 20:05, Xenophod wrote:
How can I get ngircd to listen on port 443? I don't need SSL, I just need a port that won't ever be blocked by ISPs/Wifi-hotspots/work networks
I tried adding 443 to the listening ports, but I get a Permission denied message.
Jun 6 11:18:08 ngircd[4605]: Can't bind socket to address 0.0.0.0:443 <http://0.0.0.0:443> - Permission denied Jun 6 11:18:08 ngircd[4605]: Now listening on [0.0.0.0]:6666 (socket 8). Jun 6 11:18:08 ngircd[4605]: Now listening on [0.0.0.0]:6667 (socket 9). Jun 6 11:18:08 ngircd[4605]: Now listening on [0.0.0.0]:6668 (socket 10). Jun 6 11:18:08 ngircd[4605]: Now listening on [0.0.0.0]:6669 (socket 11).
Nothing else is using port 443 on my machine either. The command below returns nothing. sudo netstat -lntup | grep 443
Can this be done with ngircd?
Thanks
Ports below 1024 are usually reserved and require super user privileges to be allocated. Check out authbind to give your ngircd process authorisation to listen on port 443. I know of no other limitations so that should be it! authbind should be in your package manager by that name in any common Linux-based operating system. // jwalck -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRsaBgAAoJEFwg9i9GDX+nTYwQAJ+RQjWLPcsOmvlGe3Q/Yiq2 hU/AnowfP2wf5kmTvDIPPNoo20Na6xZ2v/LeB7gFoBf5y2kA83xItPjmKUjuql+d McQXCN8kqeHM+ghIC71flyYFX61TQYDLt9ymzgqvPQFU7Zg0Y7uMf7ss7Xt8hWkF /m3VzAUg5dYv138QLc46zb6ealxSb8P1SxHd3SJ2Mt4ncc3qoEBet8zH8lfK7Ivr Em46/S+4GuiksNuzPaDojBdaRbolr4zmDynN4aKYntg81soayeFT4rvJsgKL5ZjM 1i9fP/00iTydcVmVsJgV43tbqMILfsCP81AF4fz9lfkE/8vO61bk6MW3mzI6Cd/L AnyR5UWtw6C47N+71uauE3Am6GPF0YiBi61iOv0mzlEAqqh2/c5YjjJD5ZtN1V9K JUAXoWWDi+nkINom6BcbHFm29/hZ37m127WCswyKcE4FZNVWc8YMQBSS87ZVAoXC 8VpTnunYs0VWAUIGjIKcXtIDoFkIixsnFfLYx+o2vnOHoQI+Zwkbx3tT8TI9rHG7 TGJeGhugHlpCJlB4Pm8ojV1NajmX6gAHqZ3jdp4lLaX/yGK2leZl4eRJGvx1oyUk S2kR880lg4itH3PzllNw40ex4wkWPh/s1P4dCWnoVU6AAGVTe0ODXvWK4B8XckMV n9W2CwDlXB1RooX+2WYo =ZiUp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----