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| * must have an SCS linux account | * must have an SCS linux account | ||
| - | <note warning>You must have an SCS linux account in order to host your personal SCS website; a Vista account is not enough.</note> | + | <note warning>You must have an SCS linux account in order to host your personal SCS website; a Windows account is not enough.</note> |
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| To create a homepage, you must: | To create a homepage, you must: | ||
| - | * Log into your Linux account | + | * Log into your Linux account ( [[services:external_access_host_access]] ) |
| * Create a directory called "public_html" under your home directory | * Create a directory called "public_html" under your home directory | ||
| * Move your homepage files into this directory | * Move your homepage files into this directory | ||
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| You can transfer files to your website from anywhere on the internet using a windows utility called winscp that can be downloaded for free. You can use any file-transfer utility that you like as long as it supports the scp or ssh protocol. | You can transfer files to your website from anywhere on the internet using a windows utility called winscp that can be downloaded for free. You can use any file-transfer utility that you like as long as it supports the scp or ssh protocol. | ||
| - | From the internet you will need to connect to quest.scs.carleton.ca in order to transfer your files. quest is the school's external access host. | + | From the internet you will need to connect to access.scs.carleton.ca in order to transfer your files. access is the school's external access host. |
| <note>File permissions on your website should be set to 644 and directory permissions set to 711 (755 for readable web-directories). </note> | <note>File permissions on your website should be set to 644 and directory permissions set to 711 (755 for readable web-directories). </note> | ||
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| ==== Password protecting your webpage with .htaccess ==== | ==== Password protecting your webpage with .htaccess ==== | ||
| - | If you wish to password protect a specific directory under your SCS webpage you will need to create a .htaccess file in that directory (somewhere under ~/public_html). The .htaccess file needs to have -rw-r--r-- permissions (chmod 644 .htaccess). You will also need a .htpasswd file. | + | If you wish to password protect a specific directory under your SCS webpage you will need to create a .htaccess file in that directory (somewhere under ~/public_html). The .htaccess file needs to have -rw-r--r-- permissions (chmod 644 .htaccess). You will also need a .htpasswd file. You are required to change permission on your ~/public_html to -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755 ~/public_html). |
| You can copy and paste this default .htaccess file: | You can copy and paste this default .htaccess file: | ||
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| AuthType Basic | AuthType Basic | ||
| - | require user SCS | + | # SCS is the username |
| + | Require user SCS | ||
| + | # A second user needs a second Require line | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| Options +indexes | Options +indexes | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | The .htaccess file needs to have -rw-r--r-- permissions (chmod 644 .htaccess). | + | The .htaccess file needs to have -rw-r--r-- permissions (chmod 644 .htaccess). Make sure permissions on your ~/public_html are -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755 ~/public_html). |