WWW

How to connect to mi-linux and publish WWW materials

The apache web server on mi-linux serves both staff and student pages, however staff pages should ideally be accessed via www.scit.wlv.ac.uk (clun) - the clun server is the home of staff materials and school facilities - all student files, services, and facilities are now provided via mi-linux.

SSH - Secure Shell

In order to publish student websites, a student must login to mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk using an SSH client. SSH client software can be found pre-installed on most linux desktop computers. PuTTY is a free SSH client for Microsoft Windows operating systems and can be downloaded from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Publishing Web Content

1. SSH to mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk using your university account and password

2. Confirm the existence of (or create) a "public_html" directory

ls public_html

if no files/directories found

mkdir public_html

3. Confirm or change the access permissions of this directory so that it is world-readable, but not world-writable

chmod 755 public_html

4. Upload (see (S)FTP notes) materials to be served via the WWW to the public_html directory

5. Your website address is http://mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk/~yourAccount (where yourAccount is your university user name - example, if your username is 9876543 your website address is http://mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk/~9876543