Unix and Internet Protocols Assignment
Goals
The goal of this assignment is to establish that you understand the basic
principles of the unix operating system, that you can use the FTP protocol
to transfer files to a unix account, that you can use a telnet program to
manipulate our account directly, and that you can set up your public_html
directory with the correct permissions.
The assignment
- secure your graphics and text files from the last assignment
- ensure that your machine has a ppp connection
- if you have not already done so, be sure you have FTP and Telnet
clients installed
- Use telnet to attach to your ds9 account. See the account
information page for details on your password and userid.
- change your home directory permission to 711
- create a new directory called public_html
- set the permission of that directory to 755
- connect to your account with an FTP program
- get to your public_html directory
- transfer your files to the public_html directory (be sure that you
use ASCII mode for text files, and binary mode for graphics!!)
- go back to your telnet session and set the permissions of all the
files you have transferred to 644 permission
- test by finding your site from the class roster.
- if your name does not appear on the roster, email your instructor
- if you know HTML, please do NOT put an index.html page yet.