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Student Unix Web Servers 
Quick list of student server addresses The server address for logging into the Unix Systems is: student.cms.gre.ac.uk The server address for ftp'ing files across to your Unix home area is: stu-ftp.cms.gre.ac.uk The address for viewing your web page is: http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid> These are the only hosts that are available to CMS students. The use of any other host such as zeus or atlas is not supported by the CMS Unix team. How to set up your very own home page Your website files must be kept in a directory named public_html which must reside in the root directory of your home area. e.g. /home/<userid>/public_html This directory must have file permissions set to 755 which means; readable by you, writable by you and executable by you. And readable and executable by everyone else. This is so that other people can view your web pages through a browser. When an account is created for you on the Unix system, this directory will already be in place with all the proper permissions set. However, if at any time these settings change, they can be re-done again by executing the following command at the shell prompt. % checkhomepage If you wanto to test out your account, type the following command at the unix shell prompt: % echo "My home page" > ~/public_html/testfile.html Or alternatively, download this test file to your public_html directory (right click and save as) And remember to change the permissions to 644. Click Here for an explanation of file permissions You would then surf to this file by typing the following URL into your browser address bar. http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid>/testfile.html How do I access my website files? You can view your webpage using a web browser by going to the following address: http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid> if you are a student or Alternatively, if you want to log onto the Unix system to edit, or remove some of your files, simply log on using some of the methods described here How do I FTP my website files to the Unix server? In order to transfer files to your Unix web space from your home computer or the computers running Windows in the labs, you must use an FTP application such as CuteFTP. Provide the address of the Unix server along with your userid and password. Once logged into the Unix system, change to your public_html directory and transfer the files across. address: stu-ftp.cms.gre.ac.uk port: 21 What is the URL for my webpage? You can view your webpage using a web browser by going to the following address: http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid> Can I browse my directories through a browser? No. Directory browsing is not enabled on the stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk server. This means that if you enter the url: http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid> without having an index.html file, you will receive an error. In this case you would have to provide the name of the html file you wished to browse. e.g. http://stuweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~<userid>/myFile.html This applies to any URL which does not contain an html file at the end of it. You should always include an index.html file to avoid this error occurring. Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server access The CMS School also has a Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server and instructions on it's use can be found here. |
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