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Webpage Instructions

From rpgroup UNIX computers

• The group webpage directory is /network/web, a directory which is accesible from any of the group linux computers.
• To make a homepage, take the following steps:
  1. Make a directory public_html in your home directory.
  2. chmod a+rx ~/public_html to make it world-readable.
  3. Save the template in this directory as index.html.
  4. chmod a+r ~/public_html/index.html to make it world-readable.
  5. Check http://www.rpgroup.caltech.edu/~login/ to see your new homepage.
  6. Personalize the template

From windows computers

• Accessing your rpgroup directory and making a home page:
  1. Get an rpgroup account and password from Chad.
  2. Right-click on My Computer, select Map Network Drive...
  3. ???
  4. Add a folder named public_html to your home directory. This is where all of your web files go.
  5. Download the template and save it as index.html in your public_html directory.
  6. Test that it worked by loading your homepage http://www.rpgroup.caltech.edu/~login/
  7. Now edit index.html with any text editor to have your own personal information!

  Password-protecting a directory

  1. Log in to mh1-rpgroup with ssh. cd to the directory you want to protect
  2. Type pwd to get the full path to the directory
  3. Create a file called htaccess.txt in that directory (pico htaccess.txt or use your favorite editor), containing the following (replace the stars with the full path from pwd):

     AuthUserFile /***/htpasswd.txt
     AuthGroupFile /dev/null
     AuthName loginname
     AuthType Basic
     require valid-user
     

     You can use whatever you want instead of loginname.
  4. Now run

     htpasswd -c htpasswd.txt loginname

     and enter your desired password.

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