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NAME
go500 - Local Gopher index search to X.500 search gateway
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/go500 [-b searchbase] [-d level] [-l] [-x hostname] [-c rdncount] [-f filterfile] [-t templatefile] [-p port] [-I]
DESCRIPTION
go500 is the local gopher index search to X.500 search daemon. It looks like a gopher index server to a gopher client, translating the
search criteria it is given into a search of a pre-configured portion of the X.500 directory. It uses LDAP to talk to X.500. By default,
it listens on port 5555 for connections from gopher clients.
The go500 server can be run either from inetd(8) or as stand-alone server.
STAND-ALONE OPERATION
To start go500 as a stand-alone server, simply start it with no arguments
/usr/sbin/go500
If you would like to start it at boot time add some lines like this to the etc/rc.local or equivalent file:
if [ -f /usr/sbin/go500 ]; then
/usr/sbin/go500; echo ' go500'
fi
OPERATION WITH INETD
To arrange to have go500 started from inetd(8), the Internet protocol daemon, add a line like the following to your /etc/services file, or
the equivalent:
go500 5555/tcp go500
Next, add a line like this to your /etc/inetd.conf file, or the equivalent:
go500 stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/go500 go500 -I
For these changes to take effect with inetd, you will probably have to send it it a HUP signal. See inetd(8) for more details.
GOPHER CONFIGURATION
The next step is to configure your local gopher server to have an entry for go500. With the standard unix gopher server, this can be done
with a .link file. A sample .link file is given below, with the things you should change given in <>'s:
Name=<Label of your choice>
Type=7
Port=5555
Path=
Host=<host.running.go500.here>
You may also have to restart your gopher daemon, or remove the .cache file. See gopherd(8) for more details.
OPTIONS
-b searchbase
Specify an alternate starting point for searches. The argument should be a Distinguished Name in the form defined by RFC 1485. For
example, the DN "o=University of Michigan, c=US" could be given to search the University of Michigan portion of the X.500 tree.
-d level
Turn on debugging as defined by level. If this option is specified, go500 will not fork or disassociate from the invoking terminal.
Some general operation and status messages are printed for any value of level. level is taken as a bit string, with each bit corre-
sponding to a different kind of debugging information.
-f filterfile
Specify an alternate filter configuration file for use with the ldap_getfilter(3) facility, used by go500.
-l Enable logging of various status and errors to the LOG_DAEMON facility via syslog(8).
-p port
Specify an alternate port on which to listen for connections.
-t templatefile
Specify an alternate template configuration file for use with the ldap_init_templates(3) facility, used by go500.
-c rdncount
Specify the number of DN components to show for the names and DN attributes within entries matching the search.
-x hostname
Specify an alternate host on which the ldap server is running.
-I Run from inetd(8).
NOTES
Some implementations of inetd have a small limit on the number of arguments that can be specified in the /etc/inetd.conf(5) file. This can
cause problems if you are using go500 with a lot of arguments.
The default values for most of the things you can specify with options are configured at compile time in the include/ldapconfig.h.edit
include file.
SEE ALSO
ldap(3), inetd(8), gopherd(8), go500gw(8)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OpenLDAP is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/). OpenLDAP is derived from University of Michigan
LDAP 3.3 Release.
OpenLDAP 2.0.27-Release 20 August 2000 GO500(8C)