[gopher] Problem reading files on gopher site

[Jeff Greer]

Mr. Silva,

The hostname was the issue. Great call!

Thank you for the help.

Jeff

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva at ist.utl.pt> wrote:

> On 2017-09-01 13:42 -0500, Jeff Greer wrote:
> > I have the same basic site set up on two servers. The first server
> located
> > on a CentOS 7 server works fine.
> >
> > The second to which I am migrating to displays the files but will not
> > download them. When a file is selected, I get a Connecting to...
> displayed
> > in the Firefox message bar at the bottom. It ultimately times out.
> > Essentially the same behavior via lynx.
> >
> > The sites address is: gopher://faroutscience.com
>
> The text file selectors in that server's top menu point to a server
> named "fos", giving me an Address Not Found in my Gecko-based
> Overbite-enabled browser.
>
> If this address resolves to something in your computer, I suppose that
> could explain why you get "Connecting to..." instead of "Address Not
> Found".
>
> Perhaps there's some hostname setting which needs to be changed
> somewhere?
>
> >
> > I appreciate your help!
> > v/r
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Kim Holviala <kim at holviala.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > You can view the the site but you cannot connect? Could you explain
> > > exactly what works and what doesnt - and explain like I was 5 years old
> > > (I'm actually 7!!!)
> > >
> > > And this was the right place - but if it gets too specific you can
> email
> > > me directly (I'm the author of Gophernicus).
> > >
> > >
> > > - Kim
> > >
> > >
> > > > On 01 Sep 2017, at 21:15, Jeff Greer <jgreer613 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a gophernicus 2.5 based site set up on a Debian 9.1 server.
> > > >
> > > > I can view the site and select links to other sites using lynx or
> > > Firefox with overbite.
> > > >
> > > > However, I am unable to read/download text files that are within the
> > > /var/gopher directory. The browser indicates "connecting...." and
> > > ultimately times out.
> > > >
> > > > Could this be an iptables firewall issue?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you from a gopher neophyte.
> > > > v/r
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > If this is the wrong place to ask this type of question, I apologize.
>
>
> --
> Nuno Silva
>
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