[gopher] Re: newbie server administrator question

["Jason J. Gullickson" <mr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the entire text I received from hitting "=" when the link was
selected (the file is the readme from the gopher tar file):


Link Info (0k)
100%
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------+
#
Type=0+
Name=README
Path=0/README
Host=unix1.inacom-msn.com
Port=70
Admin=
ModDate=
<URL:gopher://unix1.inacom-msn.com%20:70/00/README>


Size       Language      Document Type
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goerzen" <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <mr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [gopher] newbie server administrator question


> "Jason J. Gullickson" <mr.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > I compiled and installed the 3.0.0 version of gopherd on a linux system
> > (redhat 7.0) and managed to get things running, however when I browse
the
> > server using gopher and try to select one of the documents I have copied
> > into my gopher root, the link goes nowhere
>
> OK, first thing to check: the gopher 3.0.0 client had a bug wherin if
> you specified a hostname on the command line, it would load it up
> incorrectly.
>
> You can workaround it like this:
>
> gopher -p / localhost
>
> Or you can upgrade to 3.0.1.
>
> Do you actually get a menu?  If so, move the cursor over a link and
> press the = key.  Let us know what it says.
>
> Guidance may be found in the gopherd manpage for how to create links
> and stuff.
>
> > I don't really know much about gopher so I don't know how to
troubleshoot
> > this problem.  Is there a log like apache?
>
> There is a log -- when you start up gopherd, it should tell you about
> that.  You can use the -l parameter to gopherd to configure it.
> However, it will probably not help you in this case.
>
> Let us know if you need further assistance.
>
> -- John
>