[Zope] Zope server cant bind port 80

Lennart Regebro lennart@torped.se
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:47:10 +0100


From: "Stanislav Marszalek" <smarszalek@digi-trade.cz>
> Hi,
> When starting Zope server on port 80 under user "zope", sever fails with
> message "fail to bind port 80 - dont have permissions." When running under
> user "root", it is ok. When trying start zope server on port 8080,
> everything is ok.

Yes. This is documented and expected behaviour.

> So just cant run on port 80 because of permissions but why?

Because thats how the security is set up in most unices.

> Have anyone similar experience?

Yup. Start it as root with -u zope to make it run as the correct user.