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1. By default, The left
window (local system--your hard drive) in the Site Manager
shows the contents of the WS_FTP folder. Double-clicking on
the green arrow two times will take you back to the C:\ directory. You
can also use the scroll bar to move down to the list of other
drives including your floppy. Double-clicking on
any of the drive letters will display the contents of that
drive.
By default, the right window (remote
system) in the Site Manager shows the contents of your Polaris
(Nova) account.
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| 2. Click
once on the green arrow in the right window (Remote System) to
go to the root directory. (Please note that your right
window will probably say /users/faculty instead of /users/staff.)
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| 3. Next, scroll down
until you see the folder with your user name next to it. It
will be in alphabetical order according to your first initial. Click
on the folder once to highlight the folder. It should turn
blue.
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| 4. With
the folder highlighted, right-click. You
should get a dialog box like the one below. Left-click on chmod
(UNIX) menu selection.
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| 5. A Remote File Permissions dialog
box should appear. Make sure that you have the check marks in the same boxes
as the image below. Then click on ok.
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6. To
make sure your changes have been made to your root folder, in the
right window (Remote
System):
| Click on the Refresh button. |
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| Then
click on the DirInfo button.
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A new pop-up
window like the one below will appear . The column
furthest to the right are the user names. Scroll down until you
locate your user name (eg., dschroed). It should look similar to
user highlighted in red, but it will not be exact. The
first left-hand column should match your root directory permission settings. Your
root directory permissions should read as: drwx--x--x. If
your root directory permissions do not match. You will need to
go back to and repeat Step 2 through 6.
If your Root directory permissions column matches the image above,
Congradulations! You have successfully set up your root directory
permissions.
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| 7. Close the DirInfo window and double
click on the folder with your user name. This will open up
your root folder so that you can create your WWW directory. Take
note that your user
name will appear in the directory path window on the remote system
side when you click on your user name.
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| 8. Proceed
to Part Three
- Creating a WWW Directory |
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