Running inspircd on port under 1024

Question

I have tried running inspircd on port 100 but every time i try i get this error.

WARNING: Not all your client ports could be bound -- starting anyway with 0 of 1 client ports bound.

The following port(s) failed to bind:

Hint: Try using a public IP instead of blank or * InspIRCd is now running as 'irc.server.com'[271] with 1024 max open socket

That's port 53, not 100. And, don't do this. Just don't. – Michael Hampton Jan 05 '14 at 10:00 — Michael Hampton, Jan 05 '14 at 10:00
I just need help running it on the port. – jogn Loew Jan 05 '14 at 10:09 — jogn Loew, Jan 05 '14 at 10:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '14 at 10:59

For binding a port lower than 1024 (part of) the software needs to run with root privileges on linux. And as Michaek Hampton stated: Don't do this.

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