Oracle IAS 10g 10.1.3.x Enable Apache to run as root and set the default HTTP port to 80 (non SSL)

This is relatively easy and comes straight out of the Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide. In order to set the HTTP listen port to value less than 1024 we need to set the Apache to run as root.

[oracle@barbara ~]$ su
Password: 

[root@barbara bin]#  cd $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin
[root@barbara bin]# chown root .apachectl 
[root@barbara bin]# chmod 6750 .apachectl

Logout from the root shell

[oracle@barbara ~]$ vi $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf

locate the first listen directive. You should see a fragment like :

#
# Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. For
# ports < 1024, you will need httpd to be run as root initially.
#
# This port is used when starting without SSL
Port 7777
Listen 7777

Change both values to 80, save the file and restart the middle tier instance.

[oracle@barbara ~]$ opmnctl stopall
[oracle@barbara ~]$ opmnctl startall
opmnctl: starting opmn and all managed processes...
[oracle@barbara ~]$ 

The new Application server home page can then be accessed simply be typing http://myservername on your browser's address bar