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- From: lindner@mudhoney.micro.umn.edu (Paul Lindner)
- Subject: Re: Gopher *client* over inetd
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- References: <1993Jan27.062306.1361@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:44:57 GMT
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- In <1993Jan27.062306.1361@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> guy@library.calpoly.edu (Guy Martin) writes:
-
- >Ok, time to ask all you gopher experts out in netland... I have been banging
- >my head against the wall long enough....
-
- >We are seriously considering replacing our current library remote interface
- >software with a Gopher server. I have gotten both the gopher server and
- >gopher client to compile on our Sequent S27. However, we would like to be
- >able to run the Gopher *client* (not the server) over inetd, so that when
- >users initiate a 'telnet' session from our campus net, they connect directly
- >to the Gopher client, which in turn connects to our Gopher server... Now,
- >I realize that we could hack it up so that we created an account called
- >'gopher' or some such and then just had remote users 'login' to use the
- >remote Gopher via that mechanism, but we have just gotten our technophobic
- >users used to the idea of typing "connect library" from the network prompt,
- >then having a menu pop up to greet them... Adding the extra step of having
- >them login would probably throw 90% of them for a loop... #:-)
-
- >So, what I am getting at is: Has anyone successfully run the Gopher client
- >over inetd? My problem is that, althougth it runs, of course all input is
- >in raw mode, so arrow keys are useless, and since the client uses curses,
- >things come out in strange places. I have tried writing several different
- >C programs to allocate pty's and such, but have had no success at all...
- >Is anyone out there in GopherLand running their client in this manner, and if
- >you are, can you send me hints, source code, anything.. #:-)... Thanks for
- >listening....
-
- The best place to start would be with the techinfo source.. They have
- the code to do exactly this.
-
- Another option would be to get the source to in.telnetd, and
- substitute starting the gopher system instead of /bin/login...
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- | Paul Lindner | lindner@boombox.micro.umn.edu | Slipping into madness
- | | Computer & Information Services | is good for the sake
- | Gophermaster | University of Minnesota | of comparision.
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