python tcp socket listener debian

import socket
import sys

# Create a TCP/IP socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# Connect the socket to the port where the server is listening
server_address = ('localhost', 8764)
sock.connect(server_address)

# Listen for incoming connections
sock.listen(1)

while True:
    # Wait for a connection
    print 'waiting for a connection'
    connection, client_address = sock.accept()

    try:
        print 'connection from', client_address

        while True:
            data = connection.recv(8)
            print 'received: %s' % data

    except:
        print 'error'