diff --git a/pages/common/socat.md b/pages/common/socat.md
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@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 
 - Listen to a port, wait for an incoming connection and transfer data to STDIO:
 
-`socat - TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork`
+`sudo socat - TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork`
 
 - Listen on a port using SSL and print to STDOUT:
 
-`socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:4433,reuseaddr,cert=./cert.pem,cafile=./ca.cert.pem,key=./key.pem,verify=0 STDOUT`
+`sudo socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:4433,reuseaddr,cert=./cert.pem,cafile=./ca.cert.pem,key=./key.pem,verify=0 STDOUT`
 
 - Create a connection to a host and port, transfer data in STDIO to connected host:
 
-`socat - TCP4:www.example.com:80`
+`sudo socat - TCP4:www.example.com:80`
 
 - Forward incoming data of a local port to another host and port:
 
-`socat TCP-LISTEN:80,fork TCP4:www.example.com:80`
+`sudo socat TCP-LISTEN:80,fork TCP4:www.example.com:80`