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Werk #666: Minimum port for the mknotifyd is now 1024 (never use well known ports)

Component Setup
Title Minimum port for the mknotifyd is now 1024 (never use well known ports)
Date Feb 6, 2014
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.5i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

This limitation has been added to prevent permission problem errors and mixups with other running services on a host.

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