# UDP Port Binding Fail

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**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udp-port-binding-fail/61453 "2022-07-02T00:20:17Z")\
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Hello Jacob,  
What OS are you using and what port number are you trying to bind to?

I know that on Linux ports below 1024 are considered privileged and can only be bound with the "root" user. Similar to what's described in this stack overflow post.

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20396820/socket-programing-permission-denied>

and in this forum post

> [@Automation Professionals' Advanced Modbus Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-advanced-modbus-driver/41312/23):
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> Hi @pturmel any chance you’re Modbus Driver supports function code 23? I don’t see it listed above. We’ve had to use UCON in the past to build this out but would prefer something of the shelf. There is an oven controller we’re working with that requires it:

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