Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Configuring ports

[Alexandre Siufy <alex@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jeff,

Saturday, November 11, 2000, 8:18:46 PM, you wrote:

JL> Alexandre Siufy wrote:

>> JL> If the port's not open you'll get a connection refused error.
>> 
>>     OK,    but  how  do  I  open  it?  I also need it to be opened for
>>     output,  so  applications  FROM my network will be able to use the
>>     higher ports...

JL> Ports are closed by default.  They're opened by applications that use
JL> them.  Any port you'd want opened would have to be opened by the
JL> application using it.

    OK,  my problem is that I have an application that SHOULD BE using
    port  8400, but its requests are not reaching the destination. So,
    I  wonder if I need to enable that port somewhere in my machine to
    get that application to communicate using that port.

JL> Low numbered ports can only be opened by root; other users can run
JL> applications on any port.

    Well,  that's how I thought things worked, until I didn't get that
    application  to  "talk"  to  port  8400...  This  looks  like  the
    application's fault, and not my RaQ...

JL> Please write onlist, so others may benefit as well.

    I  just  hit  reply, I didn't notice it wasn't going to the lists.
    Actually,  I  checked  your previous messages, and they don't have
    the list address on the headers...

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