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Create Your Webspace

To create your webspace, the first step is to check permissions on your home directory and create your .www directory within it. This is the place where all your webpages will reside.

Create your .www directory

Make sure your home directory is world executable, then create a .www directory in it. The .www directory must be world-executable so the web server can read your webpage. It must not be world-writable or group-writable. This is because if others are allowed to write to this directory, they could execute code in your webspace. Set the permissions like this:

% chmod 701 ~ 
% mkdir ~/.www 
% chmod 701 ~/.www

Create your webpage

In your .www directory you can create your homepage, PHP-enabled webpages or CGI scripts. These tutorials will help you:

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The policies enforced by the U of M must be followed while creating web pages within the University's domain.

 
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