Run APP.JS exception

[ngoccuong291]

To whom it may concern

I tried this instruction http://socket.io/#how-to-use

Already install using "npm install socket.io" on Mac OS 10.6.7 successfully
But when I tried to run the server side code in App.Js by "node APP.JS"
I got this error:
{{{
info - socket.io started

node.js:203
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
Error: listen EACCESS
at errnoException (net_uv.js:569:11)
at Array. (net_uv.js:633:28)
at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:195:26)
}}}

Any help would be appreciated so much
Thanks in advance

[3rd-Eden]

Do you happend to be listening on a port below 1024, without root rights?

[ngoccuong291]

Hi Arnout

I just figured it out. The node version I installed was 0.5.9 which was not stable. I tried to reinstall using the stable version and it worked.

Thanks for your help
Kind regards

Leon

[mgan59]

I'm running node v0.6.15 with npm v1.1.16 and the same code from the how-to and the script stops execution without a stack-trace and just displays the following

node app.js 
    info  - socket.io started
    warn  - error raised: Error: listen EACCES

If I put sudo in front of the call

sudo node app.js

it works. This is both for my mac osx environment and a vmware-fusion Ubuntu 10.10

Adding this comment here incase anyone else stumbles onto this issue.