Creating personal undergraduate web sites

Requirements

• access to linux.student.math
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) must be running to connect from off campus

Procedure

• connect to linux.student.math
• create a public_html directory for your web space:

  • mkdir ~/public_html

• the public_html directory (and any directories underneath it) must be accessible to everyone:

  • chmod 755 public_html

  • cd public_html

• to get started, create a file named index.html.  The easiest way is to use a simple text editor like nano:

  • nano index.html

• as with the directories, your index.html file (and any other files you create for your web space) must be readable by everyone:

  • chmod 644 index.html

• or get advanced with CGI

  • nano index.cgi

  • #!/usr/bin/php-cgi
    <?php 
       echo "test";
    ?>

• CGI files, in addition to being readable, must be executable by you:

  • chmod 0744 index.cgi

• the site should now be accessible at www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~UWuserid