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GOFISH(5)                           GoFish                           GOFISH(5)


NAME

       gofish.conf - the configuration file for the GoFish gopher server


DESCRIPTION

       This describes the configuration file for the GoFish gopher server.
       GoFish does not need a configuration file to run. The configuration
       file adds flexibility for either binary distributions or running two
       gopher servers on seperate ports and directories.

       This file is also read by the mkcache program to get the root,
       hostname, and port entries.


FILE FORMAT

       The GoFish configuration file is a simple ascii text file with option =
       data pairs. All lines not starting in an alphabetic (a-z) character are
       considered comments. All options are case sensitive.

       The example in the example section shows the options with their default
       values (which may be changed at compile time).


OPTIONS

       root   the root of the server directory.

       logfile
              the file to log GoFish hits in

       pidfile
              where to put the pidfile at runtime tmpdir directory to put
              temporary files in. Relative to root-dir.

       mimefile
              the location of the Apache style mime.types file

       host   host name

       listen-address
              address to listen on.

       port   what port number to listen on. 70 is the gopher port

       user   the username of the gopher user

       uid, gid
              the numeric user and group ids of the gopher user

       virtual_hosts
              if set to 1, GoFish will support virtual hosts

       combined_log
              If set to 1, GoFish will use combined log format.  Else, it
              defaults to common log format.  Note that combined log format
              has no real meaning for gopher.

       no_local
              if set to 1, GoFish will not log accesses from local machines.
              Local machines are defined as 192.168.x.x and 127.0.0.1.
              preprocess_cache if set to 1 will dynamically process the .cache
              file to add host and port if necessary.


EXAMPLE

       # GoFish Gopher Server configuration file
       root = /var/gopher
       logfile = /var/log/gopherd
       pidfile = /var/run/gopherd.pid
       port = 70
       uid = 13
       gid = 30
       no_local = 1


SEE ALSO

       gofish(1), mkcache(1)


AUTHOR

       Written by Sean MacLennan


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <headgopher@seanm.ca>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Sean MacLennan
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

                                  August 2002                        GOFISH(5)

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