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Date:      Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:52:08 -0300 (EST)
From:      Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Deamon with perl
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103021447320.51144-100000@mirage.nlink.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <3A9FD4C6.230D7EB7@softweyr.com>

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On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Wes Peters wrote:

> Paulo Fragoso wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've written a little server using perl, it's working fine using FBSD 4.x
> > but when I try with FBSD 3.x it don't work:
> > 
> > bind: Can't assign requested address at ...
> > 
> > I've ever changed all /usr/libdata/perl directory to same used on FBSD
> > 4.x, but I've got same error.
> > 
> > Are there any problem with socket and perl on FBSD 3.x?
> 
> Is your daemon trying to bind to a privileged port - i.e. port < 1024?
> If so, you're probably running suidperl on 4.x.  You have to have root
> privs to bind to a port < 1024.

No, it's trying to bind to a port > 1024.

I've solved this problem changing this line in my code:

$local_socket = sockaddr_in($port, inet_aton(INADDR_ANY) );

to

$local_socket = sockaddr_in($port,INADDR_ANY );

now is working fine on FBSD 3.x.

Thanks,
Paulo.

> 
> -- 
>             "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
> wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/
> 

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