[gopher] Re: Gopher Markup

[Jeroen Schot <schot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:42:36PM +0200, Freddy Cruger wrote:
> ...
> Is it possible to have both at the same time in any way - chroot and gopher
> homepages stored in users home folders' subdirectories?  And is it possible
> with Apache, if I may ask?

No. A chrooted server can't server data from outside of the chroot. You could
work around this by:

1. Periodically copying all data from the users home directory to within the
chroot. This can be confusing for users because modifications take time to
propagate.

2. Put the public_gopher directory inside the gopher chroot and make symbolic
links in the users home directories: $USER/public_gopher -> /var/gopher/$USER.

> Second, did I understand it correctly that links on a server always
> begin with the type of the target as kind of parent directory, kind of
> "server.tld/type/paht"?

Yes{1}. Gopher URI's can be confusing. Keep in mind that the 'paht' [sic] is
not a path per se but just a selector string that identifies a resource. No
hierarchy is implied. 

{1} Although you could leave it out in which case it defaults to type '1'
(gopher menu).

For more information you I recommend RFC's 1436[1] and 4266[2].

[1]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1436
[2]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4266

Regards,
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Jeroen Schot <schot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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