start rails server in windows on port 80?

Question

I'm on a Windows machine, and I'm trying to start a rails app on port 80. I'm running the command prompt as an administrator, but when I try rails server --port=80, I get

TCPServer Error: Permission denied - bind(2)

Running on port 81 works fine, though, and I'm not running anything else on port 80. What do I need to do?

Do you have any other web servers running? What happens when you go to `http://localhost/`? — Garrett, Mar 28 '11 at 19:45
@Garrett, nope, no other web servers running. I just get a standard "Oops! This link appears to be broken" error (in Chrome). — grautur, Mar 28 '11 at 20:05
Oops, I lied. I ran `netstat -a` and apparently there was something running by default. Question solved! — grautur, Mar 28 '11 at 20:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '11 at 20:13

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I ran netstat -a and apparently there was something already running on port 80 by default. (I'd delete the question if I could.)

answered Mar 28 '11 at 20:13

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 12 '12 at 15:30

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On some Linux systems you need to be root to bind to ports less than 1024.

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answered Jan 12 '12 at 14:49

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If you are running Linux Kernel 2.6.24 or above and have libcap installed, you can allow program to bind to ports under 1014 as non-root user. See more at: http://stackoverflow.com/a/414258 – Devy Jun 11 '14 at 20:55

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