==== Port Allocation ====

The elusive topic of users being able to allocate ports has come up several times on bboard and has yet to be documented. Here's official word from smj:

      TACKER:  smj (Stephen M. Jones)
      SUBJECT: .. SDF user port allocation
      DATE:    20-Apr-13 22:35:45
      HOST:    ol

      Its quite simple and should be add to the tutorials.  The port number is
      based on your numeric id.  You may run a simple server process on
      meta.sdf.org as long as it does not circumvent a membership (for instance,
      running your own webserver to host your own domain name bypassing the VHOST
      membership).  IRC bots are fine and servers of reasonable or less foot
      print.  For instance if you ran a nickserver or bot you'll likely be fine.
      If you run a minecraft server you'll probably get emails from other users
      asking you to stop hogging CPU and Memory.

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  **How To:**
  Now that you know the policy, you might ask yourself, how do I get my numeric id?
  Which system provides the correct numeric id? Answer is simple, you run the
  `id` command from any cluster server, and note your uid, this is your numerically
  assigned port number.
  **Example:**
  $ id
  uid=56395(user) gid=500(arpa) groups=500(arpa),600(MetaARPA),900(motd)
  in the above example, note the port number would be 56395. You are now ready to setup
  your server software.

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