Re: [ngIRCd-ML] listen on port 443

On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 02:05:40PM -0400, 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.

You can't.

ngIRCd drops root privileges when starting up and before binding any ports. But root privileges are required to use ports <1024. Therefore this isn't possible, you must use port(s) >=1024.

And no: it isn't an option to drop privileges after binding the port(s), because then reloading the confiuration on runtime would fail anyway ...

Regards Alex