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After startup,\nthe script will drop privileges. You can also run as a non-root user without\nthe -d to make it take a request on stdin and reply on stdout before exiting,\nif you'd rather xinetd handle connections and ports for you.\n\nThe first part of a connection's request's selector will be used to decide\nwhat program to run to serve a response, and hands off the connect to that\nprogram with a fork/exec call. If a blank request comes in, a program named\n\"default\" is chosen.\n\nThese environment variables set for the handler program:\n\n- `GOPHERSPACE`: where the programs are run from (\"/gopherspace\" by default).\n- `GOPHERHOST`: The current server's hostname, for use in replies that are\n  intended to direct the client to the same server.\n- `GOPHERPORT`: The port the Gopher server is listening on, for use in replies\n  that are intended to direct the client to the same server.\n\nThe handler program runs as the (non-root) user that is specified at the top\nof IcculusGopher_daemon.pl.\n\nThe handling program is launched with the desired selector as its only command\nline argument, with the program name stripped off the front. So if the client\nasked for \"music/pop/taylor_swift\" then the daemon runs something like...\n\n```bash\nexport GOPHERSPACE=/gopherspace\nexport GOPHERHOST=gopher.icculus.org\nexport GOPHERPORT=70\n/gopherspace/music pop/taylor_swift\n```\n\n...and what the handler does is entirely up to it. Note that handlers are\nexpected to transmit well-formed Gopher responses. It's not a complicated\nprotocol; refer to the provided example programs.\n\nBasic logging is done to the syslog.\n\nQuestions? Ask me.  icculus@icculus.org\n\n--ryan.\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ficculus%2Ficculusgopher","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ficculus%2Ficculusgopher","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ficculus%2Ficculusgopher/lists"}