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Development Tools Setup Your Local Development Environment

Posted by sebln
sebln
2,795 Points

I installed MAMP on my Mac, changed preferences to port80,but each time I launch MAMP it prompt me for my password, why?

This problem doesn't happen with regulars port... Can I do something to fix this ? Thanks

3 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

On all *ix based systems (like BSD Unix based OSX) listening to ports under 1024 requires superuser (i.e. administrator) access. So it is asking for your password to make sure it's authorized to run on port 80.

sebln
sebln
2,795 Points
sebln
sebln
2,795 Points

Ok, so I will deal with it. Thank you

pierreilyamukuru
pierreilyamukuru
9,831 Points
pierreilyamukuru
pierreilyamukuru
9,831 Points

Hello, I changed ports to 80 and my MAMP is not starting anymore? How can i get my Mamp starting again?