Checking protection codes for your UD Web page
For everyone to see the files in
your Web directory, they must be
protected such that
- Your home directory is at
least executable by everyone.
- Your WWW directory is
readable and executable by
everyone.
- Individual files are readable
by everyone.
Log in to your UNIX account
and follow these directions.
- Use the UNIX "cd" command to
change to your Web directory.
- At the UNIX % prompt, type ls
-al. You should see a display
like this one:
drwxr-xr-x
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2
|
13355
|
1024
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Sep 19 14:04
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.
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drwx--x--x
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20
|
13355
|
3072
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Sep 19 12:51
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..
|
-rw-r--r--
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1
|
13355
|
1151
|
Jul 18 13:00
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bullet2.gif
|
|
-rw-r--r--
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1
|
13355
|
910
|
Aug 29 11:39
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gold10.gif
|
-rw-r--r--
|
1
|
13355
|
23934
|
Sep 19 09:41
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index.html
|
-rw-r--r--
|
1
|
13355
|
3580
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Jul 23 13:45
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mugshot.gif
|
-rw-r--r--
|
1
|
13355
|
5796
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Sep 19 12:55
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resume.html
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The first column indicates
the protection setting for
each item. The second, third
and fourth characters of the
protection setting refer to
your access privileges; the
fifth, sixth and seventh
characters refer to the
access privileges of people
in a common group or project;
and the last three characters
of the protection setting
refer to others' access
privileges.
-
The current directory is
represented by a single
period. If your current
directory's protection
settings are different from
"drwxr-xr-x" or "drwx---r-x",
make it executable and
readable by others. At the
UNIX % prompt, type
chmod o+rX .
and press the ENTER key. Note
that a space and a period (.)
follow the "o+rX"
characters.
- Your home directory is
represented by two periods. Its
protection setting ordinarily
should be "drwx--x--x,"
"drwxr-x--x," "drwx-----x" or
"drwx---r-x." To make your home
directory executable by others,
at the UNIX % prompt, type
chmod o+x .. and
press the ENTER key. Note that a
space and two periods (..) follow
the "o+x" characters.
- Any file that you want the
world to see should have a
protection setting of
"-rw-r--r--", or "-rw---r--". To
make your "filename.html"
file readable by others, at the
UNIX prompt, type chmod
o+r,g-w filename.html
and press the ENTER key. If other
files need to have their
protections reset, replace
"filename.html" with those
filenames or use wildcards: chmod
o+r,g-w *.html
chmod o+r,g-w *.gif
chmod o+r,g-w *.jpg
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