[AGENT++] RV: SNMP++: Trap error (-21): Transport is in use

Andreas Vinsander andreas.vinsander at teligent.se
Tue Mar 2 17:07:30 CET 2004


Arunas Mazeika wrote:

>	Ok, I just did it but running the program as root user.
>Is there another way to accomplish this like a common user?.
>  
>
Listening to ports below 1024 is not allowed for ordinary users, its a 
security thingy.
I think you can start the process as root and bind to the port and then 
drop the root priviliges, many other daemons do that.

/Andreas Vinsander




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