unable to create a socket

[joe clark]

When trying to start up an application that wants to use
port 443, I am getting the following error message from the application, "ue Aug 06 14:57:15 EDT 2002: Loaded License : Loaded WebLog
icLicense.xml from weblogic.system.home, at /apps/ariba_443/WebLogicLicense.xml
Tue Aug 06 14:57:30 EDT 2002: Listening on port: 443
Tue Aug 06 14:57:30 EDT 2002: **** Unable to create server
socket. Perhaps another process is using port: '443'.
I ran netstat -an, checked services and rpc file, ran lsof, didn't see anywhere that port 443 is in use.
Thanks in advance.

[Santosh Nair_1]

The only other thing I can think of is that you're trying to use a privileged port as a non-privileged user, i.e. root. Its my understanding that any port below 1024 is considered a privileged port and only root processes can bind to them...but I may be wrong about this.

-Santosh

[joe clark]

I have tried starting it as root, because yes you are right, below port 1024 needs to be started as root. I do
have the developer looking at the config files that he changed from port 7002 to 443.

[Santosh Nair_1]

I just re-read your original posting...it looks like you're starting something on port 443, i.e. and then another process is also trying to bind to that port, i.e. and since already has the port, can't bind to it. So basically, you have to change the port from 443 to something else for . Btw, 443 is the default port for secured http, i.e. https.

Hope this helps.

-Santosh

[joe clark]

As far as I am aware nothing is using that port 443, that is the reason we do want to use it for secure https.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Joe,

I tend to agree w/Santosh. Looks to me like you're starting the "standard" i.e. non-secure web server on port 443 & THEN trying to start the SSL listener on it as well.
Check your web-server conf file as well as the WebLogic properties file & insure that the "standard" server is listening on 80 & ONLY the SSL is listening on 443.

Rgds,
Jeff