NAME

gopherd - the GoFish gopher server

SYNOPSIS

gopherd [-dp] [-v] [config_file]

DESCRIPTION

GoFish is a very simple gopher server. It is designed with security and low resource usage in mind. GoFish uses a single process that handles all the connections. This provides low resource usage, good latency (no context switches), and good scalability.

GoFish runs in a chroot(2) environment. This means that GoFish can only serve files from the root directory or below. While GoFish must run at root privilege to be able to use port 70, it drops to a normal user while accessing files.

OPTIONS

-d

daemon mode

-p

preprocess cache

-v

increase verbosity

FILES

/etc/gofish.conf

SEE ALSO

gofish(5), dotcache(5), mkcache(1), Internet RFC 1436

AUTHOR

Written by Sean MacLennan

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <headgopher@seanm.ca>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 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.