[jadmin] jabber server fails to start when configured for ports below 1024 (debian sarge)

[Benjamin Podszun]

oleg rodionov wrote:

> I tried to use other ports below 1023, but jabber fails on all of the
> low ports I tried..

All ports up to 1024 are privileged ports and need root privileges to
bind to. Your jabber server probably doesn't run as root, which is a
Good Thing (tm).

> JABBER WORKS FINE WITH DEFAULT PORT 5222

5222 > 1024.
No root privileges neccessary.

Ben