httpd Server not started: (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:88

Question

I am trying to start httpd server on centos 6. It throws following error :

[root@machine ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:88
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:88
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs
                                                           [FAILED]

I have also checked for port 88, It is not is use. I also checked with semanage, but it didn't help.

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Seems like you are running it not as "root". Only root can bind to this port (80). Check your configuration in the conf/httpd.conf file, Listen line and change the port to higher one.