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I get a SocketException of “Permission Denied” when I try to open up a ServerSocket. Whats wrong?

April 26, 2017permission denied serversocket Try wrong

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I get a SocketException of “Permission Denied” when I try to open up a ServerSocket. Whats wrong?

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More than likely, you are running under Unix, and trying to open a server socket with a port number <1024. Try a port number >1024, or run your server as root.