[Zope] OT: Port 80?

[Martijn Pieters]

At 22:10 28/05/99 , Michael Bernstein wrote:
>(DC guys ignore this question, please)
>
>Ok, I realize I am probably exposing myself as a Linux newbie, but Zope
>will not start up on port 80. I realize this is because of some sort of
>security measure, as Zope is running as the user nobody, and Linux does
>not give anyone other than root the ability to assign ports lower than
>1024.
>
>How do I get around this? I need to access this system through a
>firewall without letting any more ports through.
>
>I am running RedHat Linux 5.2, Python 1.5.2, and Zope 2.0.0a1.
>
>Thank you for your attention,
>
>Michael Bernstein.

This is a bug now fixed in the CVS. The startup script first switches to 
user nobody, and then tries to bind to port 80, a privileged port. The 
latest version in the CVS reverses this.

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