Why does it need to run as root?

[elordini]

In the example on the github front page, the mud is started as root. When I try to start it as a different user, I get an error. Why does it need to be run as root?

[shawncplus]

Seemed to need root to obtain a socket. It might not absolutely be the case but I was too lazy to chase it down.

[hath995]

Any port less than 1024 is protected and root is required on most *nix based systems. The default is set to port 23, the standard telnet port, which is in the protected range. Change the port using the command line flag and it should be able to start without root.

[shawncplus]

What he said