matthew tebbens wrote: > > After switching my servers(2) around I now get the following message > when I try to talk with anyone: > > [Couldn't bind to control socket : Cannot assign requested address (99). > > Why ? What can I do to fix it.... > I'm sure it just a configuration error as I didn't change anything else.
Ports in the range 1-1024 can only be bound by root. This is a security feature. I'm not sure why talk would try to use port 99. Perhaps the exe was really supposed to be set-user-id root. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
