Port number - why so low?

[AshkanArabim]

On Linux and MacOS, by default, port numbers below 1024 require sudo permissions to bind to. Because of this, I have to run sudo npm start every time I want to use this app. This is not so nice because:

• Every file created during runtime will be created by root, requiring me to need sudo permissions to delete them later.
• I'll have to run npm run dev and npm install for the apps as root too, because they were created by root
• In general, it's not good practice to run random user apps with sudo

This will probably get closed, but I still want to know why the app is bound to port 667. Why not 6670?

[rowbot1]

agree with this

[rowbot1]

I encountered an error during the installation process. After an hour of troubleshooting, I decided to run the installation as the root user, which ultimately resolved the issue. However, I would prefer not to have to use root privileges to install software, as it can pose security risks. Is there a way to troubleshoot or resolve the error without running as root?

[Sinopsys]

my quick hack for that was

for file in $(ag -l 667 . | grep -vE "node_modules|assets"); do sed "s/667/8888/" -i $file; done
for file in $(ag -l 'localhost:667'); do sed 's/localhost:667/localhost:8888/g' -i $file; done

cd api; PORT=8888 npm run start

(you can also grep instead of ag)

[raidendotai]

agreed - will update ports thank you :)