some basic gopher server questions

I just installed pygopherd and have a few questions, more or less in comparison with HTTP servers. Can it be configured to handle user subdirectories like the /home/erwin/public_html/ <-> www.example.com/~erwin/ mapping in HTTPDs? Or do I need to create a subdirectory of /var/gopher/ for each u

pygopherd security

I'm going to set up pygopherd on my home computer just for fun. After I get it working I'd like to make it available for my friends to view, but my ISP's conditions state that any servers have to be password protected, not open to the general public. Does pygopherd have anything like .htaccess or