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How can I open port 80 so a non-root process can bind to it?

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I want to run a web server on my Mac as a non-root process. Normally only root processes can bind to port 80 (or to any port below 1024). Can I open port 80 specifically so that non-root processes can listen on it?
Asked by Avner (673 rep)
Jan 18, 2012, 11:10 AM
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