connection refused

llobrin has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Sir question regarding network programming using perl. i was creating a socket it gives error connection refused which i already open the port but when i run it in root account it works. the socket i used was IO::Socket. what's wrong with that? Thanks!

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Re: connection refused by Joost (Canon) on Dec 07, 2006 at 17:45 UTC
You're not allowed to open server ports with a port number of 1024 or less on unix unless you're root. Or maybe something else is wrong. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^2: connection refused by llobrin (Initiate) on Dec 07, 2006 at 17:48 UTC
many thanks! now it's clear in me.	[reply]
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Re: connection refused by andyford (Curate) on Dec 07, 2006 at 17:46 UTC
On Unix systems, the lowest 1024 ports are (often?) restricted to privileged users such as root. non-Perl: Andy Ford	[reply]