[Sunhelp] Can't get a program to bind on an external IP address...

[Nicholas Dronen]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:03:44PM -0400, Rob Staab wrote:
> 
> I'm currently trying to get a simple web proxy to build on Solaris 8, Ultra
> 5 hardware platofrm. I've specified the IP address of the single ethernet
> card on the machine and the port 8000. This should allow ay user to connect
> on this port and be forwarded out to the web site of their choice. However
> when the daemon runs as any user except root, the proxy application is only
> accessable from the local proxy machine. All other hosts on the network
> cannot even connect to port 8000.
> 
> When the daemon runs as root, other hosts on the network can connect as
> expected. Is there something I'm missing. I was under the impression that
> ports above 1024 could be bound to by ordinary users and that binding to a
> port would allow outside hosts to connect at that IP Address/port
> combination.

Are you checking the return value of bind(3n)?

Regards,

Nick Dronen