[Techtalk] "bind to reserved port" error

Wim De Smet kromagg at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 13:09:54 UTC 2007


On 3/27/07, David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu 6.10, and have plptools installed.  This is a
> collection of programs for connecting to a Psion hand-held computer.  I
> have used it before under Fedora.
>
> In order to connect to the Psion, which is connected to /dev/ttyS0, a
> daemon called 'ncpd' is run.  This seems to be working
> fine: /var/log/daemon reports:
>
> daemon started. Listening at 127.0.0.1:7501 using device /dev/ttyS0
> Connected with a S5 at 115200baud
>
> (S5 is the variety of Psion computer that I have.)
>
> In order to read the files on the Psion, I then have to run another
> daemon called 'plpnfsd'.  Although it prints an encouraging message on
> the screen, it actually exits immediately.  The log file reports:
>
> connected, status is 0
> bind to reserved port: Permission denied
>
> I have tried running ncpd and plpnfsd using an arbitrary different port,
> but with exactly the same results.
>
> My firewall settings seem to be fine, so far as I can tell.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why the port is reported as "reserved"?

All ports under 1024 are reserved, this means only root can bind to
them. You probably need to convince this second daemon to use one of
the ports above 1024, or run it as root.

greets,
Wim


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