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Point your browser at port 457, and ask for document dochome.html. For example, if your server is server.foo.com, use the URL https://server.foo.com:457/dochome.html
You don't have access to the search tools this way, but you can simulate that with the following cgi-bin script.
#!/bin/sh # @(#) nftpsearch - wrapper for simple form access to scohelp search engine # call without QUERY_STRING set html form, with QUERY_STRING for search # relies on single Form search field called query # # Install as: /var/scohttp/cgi-bin/nftsearch.sh on OSR5.0.[024] systems. # Access via: URL:<https://localhost:457/cgi-bin/nftsearch.sh> (any browser) if [ -z "$QUERY_STRING" ] ; then HELP_SVR="https://localhost:457" # YOUR HELP SERVER system SCRIPT="$HELP_SVR/cgi-bin/nftsearch.sh" # cgi-bin path of this script cat <<EOF <HEAD> <TITLE> ScoHelp Search </TITLE> <LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:hops@sco.com"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFF0" TEXT="#000000"> <H1>ScoHelp Search </H1> For scohelp searching from a non ScoHelp Browser <BR> <HR> <STRONG>Enter single word search term in search field Below</STRONG> <P> <FORM METHOD=GET ACTION=$SCRIPT> <INPUT NAME="query" SIZE=30> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Search"> <INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Clear"> </FORM> <HR> <A HREF="$HELP_SVR/dochome.html">ScoHelp DocHome </A> </BODY> </HTML> EOF exit 0 fi eval $QUERY_STRING QUERY_STRING=$query export QUERY_STRING PATH_TRANSLATED=/usr/lib/scohelp/library.stz PATH_INFO=/library.stz export QUERY_STRING PATH_TRANSLATED PATH_INFO #export GATEWAY_INTERFACE HTTP_ACCEPT HTTP_CONNECTION HTTP_HOST #export HTTP_REFERER HTTP_USER_AGENT PATH REMOTE_ADDR REMOTE_HOST REQUEST_METHOD #export SCRIPT_NAME SERVER_NAME SERVER_PORT SERVER_PROTOCOL SERVER_SOFTWARE exec /var/scohttp/cgi-bin/ftsearch
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