sprogrammerhumor·Programmer Humorbysiriusmart How to enjoy pythonThis is my first meme post on the internet, so it might not be funny at all, but then python badView original on lemmy.ml35Comments7
ccolourlessidea feddit.de1Hide 1 replyLove that Python makes it so easy to start a local http server.3
FUsername replyfeddit.deAFAIK some distributions only allow root to bind ports below 1024 (that is, if you don't so some other witchcraft...)7
aaDogCalledSpot replylemmy.zipYou cant run something on port 80 as a normal user. All ports below 1024 are privileged and therefore require sudo.2
Love that Python makes it so easy to start a local http server.
i like it when it saved me from using the bloated nodejs live-server thing
But why sudo?
AFAIK some distributions only allow root to bind ports below 1024 (that is, if you don't so some other witchcraft...)
You cant run something on port 80 as a normal user. All ports below 1024 are privileged and therefore require sudo.
Only root processes can bind to ports below 1000
aways