Abyss web server port 80 in use?

[o0oO]

Hi, i setup Abyss web server on linux spet i have a problem. I can only view the site if i view on port 8000 buti wanted it to be 80 so i went into console and tried to change it but i got an error saying port 80 is in use? can someone help me with this.

[mzilikazi]

Why not use Apache? Anyway.... is port 80 in use?

nmap localhost

If so what's using it? Already running Apache?

[o0oO]

i dunno i didnt enable anything i just did a clean install, oh wai ti have the no-ip dns server running could that be it?

[o0oO]

well its not no-ip: this is what i got

PORT STATE SERVICE
68/tcp open dhcpclient
631/tcp open ipp
8000/tcp open http-alt
9999/tcp open abyss

[mzilikazi]

Well port 80 certainly isn't in use. Honestly I've never even heard of Abyss web server until now. Looks like a configuration problem. Apache is fairly easy to set up. Have a look at /etc/apache/httpd.conf. Edit ithat file to your needs then do:

/etc/init.d/apache start

To get apache to start on boot do:

update-rc.d apache defaults

[o0oO]

i got it working i figured out that you need to be root to use ports 1 - 1024, and if it says port in use you have to killall it.