Tomcat7 bind to port 80 fails in Ubuntu 14.04LTS

Question

I\'ve got a problem with my tomcat7 installation on a newly updated Ubuntu system. Ever since the update to 14.04 LTS, tomcat refuses to start on port 80 with an error that I ca

Answer 1

I had the same problem. In the end, I used an iptables port redirect instead of the authpriv mechanism

i.e.

1) in /etc/default/tomcat7, set authpriv=no

2) in /etc/tomcat7/server.xml, use

 rather than 80


3) ufw allow 8080/tcp

4) follow the instructions here: https://serverfault.com/questions/238563/can-i-use-ufw-to-setup-a-port-forward

The same can be done for port 443 (SSL) if necessary