Re: OWS 3.0.2 web-listener failure

From: Markus Flechtner <flechtne_at_uni-duesseldorf.de>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 19:01:20 GMT
Message-ID: <36e2e107.1845764@news.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>

On Fri, 05 Mar 1999 16:22:21 +0700, Dian Pamilih <dian.pamilih_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:

>I'm using oracle 8.0.5 server and OWS 3.0.2 on Linux machine, but when I
>try to activate the www listener (which is port 80 normaly) the system
>generate error message:
>
>[oracle_at_ns1 oracle]$ owsctl start www
>
>Oracle Web Listener 3.0.2 Production (Export), Version 2.14FC1
>Copyright 1997 Oracle Corp. All Rights Reserved.
>
>Error: A failure occurred ( Permission denied ) when assigning a port (
>domain: www.yogyakarta.co.id, address: 0.0.0.0, port: 80 ).
>Error: Failed to start the server.
>Error: The server could not initialize
>Information: The server is exiting
>OWS-08811: Unable to startup Oracle Web Listener `www'.
>
>I try to SETUID owsctl binary, but it doesn't work, anybody has a
>explanation/solution?
>
>regards,
>
>pampi

SFAIK a HTTP-listener for a port < 1024 must be started as root.

Regards
Markus Received on Mon Mar 08 1999 - 13:01:20 CST