# Discourse-setup using netcat with illegal option combination?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-using-netcat-with-illegal-option-combination/276762>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 26, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-using-netcat-with-illegal-option-combination/276762 "2023-08-26T12:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-using-netcat-with-illegal-option-combination/276762/4 "2023-08-26T18:00:28Z")

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That’s part of why Ubuntu is recommended.

But how annoying is it that there are two netcats? And your default netcat seems especially hard to use.

Good working figuring that one out!

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