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serves on port 8080 but not port 80
See original GitHub issueubuntu@domU-12-31-39-09-9A-6D:~$ http-server -p 80
events.js:72
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: listen EACCES
at errnoException (net.js:904:11)
at Server._listen2 (net.js:1023:19)
at listen (net.js:1064:10)
at net.js:1146:9
at dns.js:72:18
at process._tickCallback (node.js:419:13)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:499:11)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:906:3
ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-09-9A-6D:~$ http-server
Starting up http-server, serving ./ on: http://0.0.0.0:8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server
^Chttp-server stopped.
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The first 1024 ports are reserved for root.
Quick fix: To use
http-serverlistening over port 80, you can to run it with the privileges of the root user: