Setting Up a Personal Site

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Activate your mason.gmu.edu Account

If you have not already activated your account on The Mason Cluster, visit http://mason.gmu.edu to activate it.

Connect to mason.gmu.edu

First, follow these instructions:

Create the Web Folder

Once you have a mason> prompt, enter the following commands:

  1. chmod 711 .
  2. mkdir public_html
  3. chmod 755 public_html

The first command changes the permissions on your home directory so your public_html directory can be viewable. The second command creates a public_html folder. The third assigns appropriate permissions to it.

Fix Server Upload Permissions

By default, newly uploaded files aren't available through the web browser. Follow this tutorial to adjust this setting:

Note: Changing the upload permission will affect any files uploaded to mason.gmu.edu. If you have files that should be private, be sure to give those files proper permissions after uploading.

Upload Files

Files can be placed in the public_html folder, and they will be available at http://mason.gmu.edu/~username/filename.

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