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Listening to the specific ports ?

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:39 pm
by breakEM
So i am using unrealircd @centOS and now i want to listen to port 443 i put line like
listen *:6667,443;
and when i try to connect it wont let me could anybody help me with this problem ?

Re: Listening to the specific ports ?

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:41 pm
by katsklaw
Using ports below 1024 require the ircd to be run as root. Which is a bad idea. Its easier and safer to choose a port higher than 1024.