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How do I make my web site viewable(set permissions) using Windows?
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Follow the step by step directions below to make your web site viewable using SSH.
  1. You will need an SSH client to login into the server(andromeda or pegasus)
  2. If you are working in the open access labs the client is installed and available on the desktop
  3. If you require a ssh client it may be downloaded  from https://software.rutgers.edu
  4. After you have installed SSH connect to either andromeda or pegasus
  5. The initial time you access andromeda/pegasus through ssh you will be asked if you want to authenticate andromeda/pegasus.rutgers.edu. Enter yes and then enter your password
  6. In order to make your make your public_html directory viewable issue the following command

    chmod 755 public_html
  7. Check that the directory is viewable by entering the following command

    ls -ld public_html

    If the protection is not drwxr-xr-x reissue the chmod command
  8. Your index.html file in your public_html directory should be readable.
  9. Change to the public_html directory  by issuing the following command

    cd public_html
  10. Check the protection of your file(index.html)

    ls -l filename
  11. If the protection is not -rw-r--r-- you should change the permission by issuing the following command

    chmod 644 filename
  12. Exit from the unix system
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