Your Mason account must have "search" and "read" permissions set before others can view your Web pages. This involves setting "search" permissions for your home directory (the directory you are in when you first log in) and for your public_html directory (where you should store your Web page files/directories).

   To create a public_html directory…


            1.     Log in to your Mason account.

            2.     Type  mkdir public_html and press the "Enter" key.

    To set "search" permissions for your home and public_html directories…


            1.     Log in to your Mason account.

                    NOTE:    You should see the system prompt mason2.gmu.edu> or osf1.gmu.edu>.

            2. Type chmod a+x . and press the "Enter" key to set "search" permissions for your home directory.

                     NOTE: Be sure to type in the period (.). It specifies that you are setting search permissions
                                  for the current directory.

            3.     Type  cd public_html  and press the "Enter" key to change to your public_html directory.

            4.     Type chmod a+x . and press the "Enter" key to set "search" permissions for your public_html
                    directory.

Author: Susan Campbell, Instructional Resource Center
Last modified: 02/09/04