Bug#554853: jetty: Jetty is unable to run on port 80

[Robert LeBlanc]

Package: jetty
Version: 6.1.21-1
Severity: normal

When setting JETTY_PORT=80, the server dies. There is a setuid option for jetty that would allow it to run on port 80. Although an iptable's rule could be created, Jetty should include this functionality. http://blogs.webtide.com/janb/entry/running_jetty_as_non_root.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages jetty depends on:
ii  adduser             3.111                add and remove users and groups
ii  apache2-utils       2.2.14-1             utility programs for webservers
ii  jsvc                1.0.2~svn20061127-10 wrapper to launch Java application
ii  libjetty-java       6.1.21-1             Java servlet engine and webserver 
ii  libjetty-java-doc   6.1.21-1             Javadoc for the Jetty API

jetty recommends no packages.

Versions of packages jetty suggests:
pn  libjetty-extra                <none>     (no description available)
pn  libjetty-extra-java           <none>     (no description available)

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