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to: Chad Adams
from: Enric Lleal
date: 2017-11-29 11:50:46
subject: Problem starting bbbsd

Hi Chad,

> I tried starting the telnet server by:
> ./bbbsd 1 1 Telnet's:23
> It says could not bind
> There is nothing running on port 23.
> Am I doing something wrong?

Without more detail your issue seems to point to the impossibility to bind
any process less than 1024 with a non-root user.

Try to start telnet using a port over 1024 and let us know.

If bbbsd starts, then you can check Serverfault[1], or do some search on
[the web search engine of your preference].

[1]https://serverfault.com/questions/268099/bind-to-ports-less-than-1024-withou
t-root-access

Anyway, good luck!

A reveure!!
Enric

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