NULL mag Issue 09 21 Gopher server

eZine lover (@eZine)

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null magazine

 · 26 Dec 2020

lets see how to install a gopher server into the same machine we host a bbs. in an older issue, we had installed pygopher, but i found that it has some disadvantages, like it doesn't support executing scripts. bucktooth is more advanced and has more features

get the package from here and unzip it in a folder you like:

http://gopher.quux.org:70/Software/Gopher/Downloads/Servers

also install this package:

sudo apt-get install openbsd-inetd

make sure the inetd.conf file has been created or else create it your self like this:

touch /etc/inetd.conf

in the end, configure the server with this command. you execute it inside the folder you unzipped the archive. follow the instructions and use the default settings. perhaps you want to change the directory on where the gopher site will be stored.

sudo perl configure

reboot the system to be sure, that everything will execute just fine. test the server with a program like lynx and see if it connects. make sure you use port 70 or if you changed that, tell lynx what port to use. ex. lynx gopher://andr01d.zapto.org:7070