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| Your web directory is also available as "\\stustore.dcs.shef.ac.uk\uname\public_html" (windows, students) or "\\staffstore.dcs.shef.ac.uk\uname\public_html" (windows, staff). If you use any of these, files/directories are created with normal permissions, i.e. full to the owner and none to anyone else, and you will need to remember to set permissions to world read and execute. | Your web directory is also available as "\\stustore.dcs.shef.ac.uk\uname\public_html" (windows, students) or "\\staffstore.dcs.shef.ac.uk\uname\public_html" (windows, staff). If you use any of these, files/directories are created with normal permissions, i.e. full to the owner and none to anyone else, and you will need to remember to set permissions to world read and execute. |
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| Alternatively you can log into stulogin.dcs.shef.ac.uk or stafflogin.dcs.shef.ac.uk, as appropriate, with your DCS account, and manage the public_html directory via the Unix-like interface (terminal emulator). Use mode 755 for directories and 644 for files, so that the they can be served by the web server. | Alternatively you can SSH into stulogin.dcs.shef.ac.uk or stafflogin.dcs.shef.ac.uk, as appropriate, with your DCS account, and manage the public_html directory via the terminal emulator. Use mode 755 for directories and 644 for files, so that the they can be served by the web server. |
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| Remember that "\\server\mypublic_html" and "\\server\uname\public_html" are the same location for the same user, but the permissions that are applied to files/directories are different. | Remember that "\\server\mypublic_html" and "\\server\uname\public_html" are the same location for the same user, but the permissions that are applied to files/directories are different. |
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| All web material must be in your web tree, and you cannot make symbolic links to files or directories outside of this tree. | All web material must be in your web tree, and you cannot make symbolic links to files or directories outside of this tree. |
