What causes Python socket error?

Question

  File \"C:\\Python25\\lib\\SocketServer.py\", line 330, in __init__
    self.server_bind()
  File \"C:\\Python25\\lib\\BaseHTTPServer.py\", line 101, in server_bind         


        

Answer 1

I am assuming your are using the default port assigned by gae sdk so you might want to ensure that it is not used by any other programs.

Answer 2

It might be possible that you are trying to run on a port the current user account does not have permission to bind to. This could be port 80 or something. Try increasing the portnumber or use a user with sufficient privileges.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

run it as follow. This should work

python -m 8888

if this does not work. Try other numbers like 8080.

Answer 4

I wonder why the error is not "Port already in use". I kind of know the answer but I should not need to use SO to know it. :) – Oscar Reyes May 13 at 19:09

The port is not in use, (in UNIX) you need to be superuser to listen on any port < 1024.