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Cannot start server: error: Unable to bind to server port

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Applicable Environment

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Topic: Cannot start server: error: Unable to bind to server port
SDP: 6.4.1
Target: Any supported target

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Problem

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The above error is seen when attempting to start the IDE's tftp server on the Linux version of the IDE.

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Solution

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You may not have permission to bind to the default port (69), to check quickly you can change the port to 1069 (anything above 1000) and if that works then it means that your user has no permissions to bind to port 69. You can leave the port at 1069 if you wish, or you can use the IDE as the root user.

Another option is to setuid root on the proxy binary that launches the server. The binary located here (version dependent) /opt/qnx641/host/linux/x86/usr/qde/eclipse/plugins/com.qnx.tools.ide.tftp_4.6.0/os/linux/proxy

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NOTE: This entry has been validated against the SDP version listed above. Use caution when considering this advice for any other SDP version. For supported releases, please reach out to QNX Technical Support if you have any questions/concerns.

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