port 80 keeps going to 8000

[BigBen747]

I installed abyss on linux, and it keeps going to 8000 when i set it to 80 in the config.

[TRUSTAbyss]

Try running Abyss Web Server with root priviledges and I bet it works. Your running Abyss as a normal user, which only has access to ports 1024 and up.
You can run with root privileges using one of the two commands below.

[BigBen747]

i get:

Critical: Bad path (key: root/server/parameters/root - file: /home/ben/abyssws/abyss.conf - line: 5 - col: 3)
ben@ben-desktop:~/abyssws$ sudo ./abyssws
Password:
Abyss Web Server X1 (v 2.4)
Copyright (C) Aprelium Technologies - 2001-2007


Critical: Bad path (key: root/server/parameters/root - file: /home/ben/abyssws/abyss.conf - line: 5 - col: 3)
ben@ben-desktop:~/abyssws$

[BigBen747]

Also i redid it, and got: ben@ben-desktop:~$ ./abyssws -r
bash: ./abyssws: is a directory
ben@ben-desktop:~$ sudo ./abyssws
sudo: ./abyssws: command not found
ben@ben-desktop:~$

[TRUSTAbyss]

You have to be in the abyssws folder when you execute that command. Also, it would be a good idea to start with a new abyssws folder instead of using the old one that you used as a normal user.
http://www.aprelium.com/data/doc/2/abyssws-linux-doc-html/install.html

[roganty]

To run abyss on ports <1024 on linux, you need to run abyss as root user, but by default it will not run like this!

What you have to do is:
1. Install abyss as a normal user
2. Run abyss as a normal user for the first time, then stop it
3. Go to the command line and execute as root user