Thread: trouble with the postmaster

I'm having trouble starting the postmaster on ports other then the
default port with the -i option. It starts fine and everything runs well
if I type:
    postmaster -i
And if I type:
    postmaster -p 1234
it also works
but if I try:
    postmaster -i -p 42

I get the error:
FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: Permission denied
        Is another postmaster already running on that port?
    If not wait a few seconds and retry.
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: cannot create INET stream port

Can anyone give me any insight into my problem?

Thanks,
Ben

Benjamin Cochran <bdc33@imap3.asu.edu> writes:

> I'm having trouble starting the postmaster on ports other then the
> default port with the -i option. It starts fine and everything runs well
> And if I type:
>     postmaster -p 1234
> but if I try:
>     postmaster -i -p 42

Only root can assign sockets below 1k.  Postmaster doesn't
run as root.

+C

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