Is there a way for non-root processes to bind to “privileged” ports on Linux?

Question

It\'s very annoying to have this limitation on my development box, when there won\'t ever be any users other than me.

I\'m aware of the standard workarounds, but non

Answer 1

Bind port 8080 to 80 and open port 80:

sudo iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

and then run program on port 8080 as a normal user.

you will then be able to access http://127.0.0.1 on port 80