Web Pages Publishing your page on ASUWlink

Unix Directory Commands ls –la –will show all directories and files –will show directory and file permissions mkdir directoryname –use to make a directory –do not put spaces in your directory names cd directoryname –changes to the directory specified by the directory name

Types of File and Directory Access in Unix Unix supports three types of file access: –read designated by the letter r –write designated by the letter w –execute designated by the letter x

Access Classes in Unix User access (u) –Access granted to owner of the file Group access (g) –Access granted to members of the same group as the group owner of the file Other access (o) –Access granted to all other normal users

Setting Permissions on Directories and Files The chmod command is used to specify the permissions on files and directories –chmod type_of_access file_or_directory_name –examples: chmod o+x public_html chmod o+r index.html

Ws-FTP Allows you to transfer files to your ASUWlink account Install Ws-FTP by going to the Start menu and choosing Programs, Install Ws-FTP Once installed, click on the Ws-FTP icon on your desktop to run the program

Setting up a Profile in Ws-FTP Profile Name: asuwlink Host Name: asuwlink.uwyo.edu Host Type: Sun Solaris User Id: Your username Password: Your asuwlink password Uncheck the Anonymous Login checkbox Check the Save Password and Auto Save Config checkboxes

Steps Log into your ASUWLINK account Set execute permissions for others on your home directory (~ designates the home directory) –chmod o+x ~ make a directory called public_html –mkdir public_html set execute permissions for others on the public_html directory –chmod o+x public_html

Steps Continued With the directory and permissions established, web page files may now moved from your UWstudent Windows NT account to your ASUWlink account use Ws_ftp to transfer all the files needed for your web page into the public_html directory –index.html –any graphics files –any files that have links to them from your web page

Steps Continued After the files are transferred, get back into your ASUWlink account In your ASUWlink account, use the cd command to move into the public_html directory: cd public_html give all files in your public_html directory read permission chmod o+r filename

Accessing Your Web Page Once all the permissions on the files are set, you can access your web page with the following URL: your_username

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