C Socket Programming, problems with select() and fd_set

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Hello

I'm learning my way about socket programming in C (referring to Beej).

Here is a simple multi-user chat server i'm trying to implement: http://pastebin.com/gDzd0WqP

On runtime, it gives Bus Error. It's coming from the lines 68-78.

Help me trace the source of the problem?

in fact, WHY is my code even REACHING that particular region? I've just run the server. no clients have connected.. :@

ps - i know my code is highly unreliable (no error checks anywhere), but i WILL do that at a later stage, i just want to TEST the functionality of the code before implementing it in all it's glory ;)

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