Get Ready

To be able to see your files, you need to assign the correct permission set to let the Web server get access to them, just as you earlier assigned a permission set to your home and public_html directories.

In SSH Secure Shell Client, change directories into the public_html directory you created. Look at the permission set for your index.html file. It will look something like:

-rw------- 1 byrne users 517 Sep 19 15:02 index.html

Change permissions to -rw-r--r-- using the chmod command.

You have probably uploaded one or more image files as well. Be certain to change their permissions, as well.

Hint: you can set all permissions for all files within a directory by substituting * for the filename.

Take a Look

Check your success by viewing your page using a browser. Recall that the web server, serine, is configured to look into your public_html directory already. The URL you will use to view your files is

http://serine.umdnj.edu/~username

..substituting your account name for username, of course! The symbol before username is called a "tilde" and is found on the upper left of most keyboards. Apache is configured to look for a file called EXACTLY index.html in your public_html directory, so you need not include the name of the file in your URL.

Try it out. If it doesn't work check the following

• permissions associated with the directory listing of your home directrory, /home/username
• permissions associated with public_html directory
• permissions associated with index.html or image files called by your homepage
• name and extension given to your home page
• UNIX is case-sensitive. YOU should be, too!

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