How to create a personal web page

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The personal web pages in SISSA MUST be used only for work purposes. DO NOT insert images/music/video, etc. covered by copyright, as specified by the Sissa Network Computing Policy.

In SISSA you can have a personal web page, reachable as http://people.sissa.it/~yourusername/

Automatic creation

There is a script, usable on the Common Access server, that automatically creates your generic home page:
sissa-mkhome

"Manual" creation

But, if you prefer to manually perform all necessary operations, you have to:

1) Connect via ssh to access server ssh.sissa.it ;

2) create a subdirectory in your home (main directory), called public_html and set read-permissions to all users:

mkdir $HOME/public_html
chmod a+rx $HOME/public_html

3) enable only execute permission to your home directory:

chmod a+x $HOME

4) create a file named index.html (or index.php if you use PHP code) into the public_html subdirectory. This is crucial: in our network system, your file must have this name for your page to show up as your default Home Page.

5) enable read permission to your html files (and php files):

chmod a+r $HOME/public_html/*.html