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--- web:webpublish:start [2017/01/30 10:56] – jas
+++ web:webpublish:start [2017/01/30 11:00] – jas
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 http://www.eecs.yorku.ca/~name/
-where name is your login name. Any file you place in this directory is accessible from this URL. For example if you create a file called "~name/www/info.html", it would be accessible from the following URL:
+... where name is your login name. Any file you place in this directory is accessible from this URL. For example if you create a file called "~name/www/info.html", it would be accessible from the following URL:
 http://www.eecs.yorku.ca/~name/info.html
-The www.eecs.yorku.ca web server runs as a user "www".  This user has no special system privileges.  It must be given access to enter your "www" directory, and to read your file.
+The www.eecs.yorku.ca web server runs as a user "www".  This user has no special system privileges.  In order to allow the web server to display your file, you must allow it to access your home directory, your "www" directory, and your file.
 For the web server to be able to access your www directory, both your home directory, and your "www" directory must have the "execute" bit set for "other".  Set the execute bit on your home  and www directories like this:
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   drwxr-x--x. 9 user user 4096 Dec 22 23:18 /home/user
-Here you can see that the permission for "other" (the third set of permissions) is "--x".  The execute bit is set on this directory.
+Here you can see that the permission for "other" (the third set of permissions) is "--x".  The execute bit is set on this directory, and hence the web server has access to it.
 The web server must also be able to read your file: