go500

GO500(8C)                                                            GO500(8C)

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 argu-
       ments

            /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 equiva-
       lent:

           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 speci-
              fied, go500 will not fork or disassociate from the invoking ter-
              minal.   Some  general operation and status messages are printed
              for any value of level.  level is taken as a  bit  string,  with
              each bit corresponding to a different kind of debugging informa-
              tion.

       -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 argu-
       ments  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 2.0.25-Release         20 August 2000                       GO500(8C)