Publish Web Pages at UVM:

Check Your Zoo Home Directory:

Set up a special Web directory and give people access to it

To make your pages accessible to the world your files need to be on a computer that is running an http server program. This can be a UNIX host (like Zoo, Salus, or the EMBA hosts) or your own Macintosh or Windows machine. We recommend that you use the UNIX host, Zoo.

Before you can use the UNIX host machine as a server, your account must be prepared. You must give people the right to access your html files and these files must be placed in a directory named "public_html." All UVMers now receive a public_html directory when they receive their zoo accounts.

Check your account by pointing a browser to http://www.uvm.edu/~youraccountname (usually your account name is your first initial and first seven letters of your last name)

If you see a web page you have already created or a page that says: Index of ~youraccountname you are all set. Go back and continue the tutorial.

If you do not, or if you see a "no such page at UVM", continue on:

A note about file permissions:
There are three types of users who can access a file: the owner; a member of the owner's group; and everyone else or all/world . A person may access a file in three different ways: read the file, write to the file, or execute the file (i.e. run a program or open a folder).

File permissions are set using the chmod utility. Chmod sets access permissions for the owner, the group, or all people. Permissions may be added or removed. The three permissions that may be granted are read, write, and execute.

If you do not have a public_html folder in your zoo account, follow these steps. They must be done in order exactly as shown.

Follow these steps from an on-campus computer to use Zoo as a server. (If you are off-campus you will need access to a telnet program. Call the Helpline if you need help with this.):

1) Telnet to Zoo:
- In Windows, click the "Start" button, then choose "Run." In the box, type: telnet zoo.uvm.edu
Click "OK"
- On a Macintosh, find the "Telnet to Zoo" icon and double click it.

2) Your computer should connect to Zoo. Login with your zoo user ID and password. Press "enter" until you get to the Zoo prompt.
Give 'all people' 'execute' access to your home directory by typing:
chmod 755 ~ <enter>

Remember, execute access means that others may obtain a listing of your directory, but they cannot read or alter the files themselves.

3) Create a new directory called public_html by typing:
mkdir public_html <enter>

4) Give 'all people' 'execute' access to this directory by typing:
chmod 755 public_html <enter>

(If you are curious about what the numbers mean read this note from Wesley Wright about UNIX rights settings .)

Now your zoo account is ready to accept the web files you will create in this tutorial. Continue the tutorial by selecting your path: