What causes Python socket error?

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  File "C:\Python25\lib\SocketServer.py", line 330, in __init__
    self.server_bind()
  File "C:\Python25\lib\BaseHTTPServer.py", line 101, in server_bind
    SocketServer.TCPServer.server_bind(self)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\SocketServer.py", line 341, in server_bind
    self.socket.bind(self.server_address)
  File "<string>", line 1, in bind
socket.error: (10013, 'Permission denied')

I tried to start up the Google App Engine development server and received this error the first time I tried to run it. Any ideas? I'm new to python.

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '09 at 00:14

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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

answered Feb 15 '09 at 00:14

TomHastjarjanto

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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. :) – OscarRyz May 13 '09 at 19:09
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@Oscar if the port is in use, that is what python says ("error: (48, 'Address already in use')"). Sometimes users don't have permission to access ports below some number, which I presume is the case here. – llimllib Jul 04 '09 at 19:38
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Worked for me with port 9000. Use --port=desired-port-number argument. – fjsj Apr 20 '10 at 19:23
If you're trying to use port 80 it will potentially raise an error because you don't have the right permissions. You must use this command "sudo dev_appserver.py --port=80 yourapp/" – Damien Jun 29 '12 at 07:23
Thanks! I mistyped my port. – Dan Abramov Jul 02 '13 at 12:46
...or use authbind --deep – dat Aug 24 '15 at 02:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '09 at 19:24

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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.

answered Jul 04 '09 at 19:24

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 22 '16 at 19:57

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run it as follow. This should work

python -m 8888

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

answered Sep 22 '16 at 19:57

Alaturqua

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 22 '10 at 00:01

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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.

answered Dec 22 '10 at 00:01

Bikal Lem

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What causes Python socket error?

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