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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com> on 2002/05/01 12:56:48 UTC

Re: Starting Apache - make_sock error

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 Bill.Albert@sybase.com wrote:

>
> I'm trying to start Apache on Mac OS X, and get this error:
>
> Starting web server
> (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
> no listening sockets available, shutting down
>
> If I su to root, then I can bring it up.
>
> Does anyone know if it's a requirement to be root on Mac?

In order to bind to any port < 1024, you have to be root. This is true
on any Unix system, and I believe is also true on Windows. Mac OS X is
Unix, so, yes, it applies there too.

-- 
Nothing is perfekt. Certainly not me.
Success to failure. Just a matter of degrees.


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