On 11/01/2010 09:25 PM, Jeffrey Ross wrote: > Trying to get Exim running on an F13 system, everything is configured > except I need to add one additional non standard port for EXIM to listen > on (TCP port 554) due to some ISP filters in the way. > > Problem is when I add 554 to the list of ports for Exim it won't start up > and I get the following in the log file - > > 2010-11-01 16:03:13 socket bind() to port 554 for address (any IPv4) > failed: Permission denied: waiting 30s before trying again (2 more tries) > 2010-11-01 16:03:43 socket bind() to port 554 for address (any IPv4) > failed: Permission denied: waiting 30s before trying again (1 more try) > 2010-11-01 16:04:13 socket bind() to port 554 for address (any IPv4) > failed: Permission denied: daemon abandoned > > > according to "netstat -an" nothing is listening on 554. I suspect its > something simple, just don't know where to make the change. > > Thanks, Jeff > Sounds like Selinux is blocking the port, can you disable it temporary to see if it works: # echo 0 > /selinux/enforce # Retest again # echo 1 > /selinux/enforce HTH -- Athmane Madjoudj -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines