Compiled for you by Corinne Arráez, ATS for PWR
Send me a note if you need any help: carraez@Stanford.edu

Creating a web folder on the Leland server and setting up file-sharing permissions

ASF is a file-sharing system that allows "client" stations to access a "host" server.  In order for your web pages to been seen by the world, you have to set up a folder in your "home directory" on the Leland server that allows "clients" to "visit" that folder and see its files.  Once you have set up a folder with file-sharing permissions, you can transfer files (web pages in this case) to this folder and anyone can access them via the internet. 

Your home directory, established when you receive a SUNet account (email) is of the form:

/afs/ir/users/y/o/yourSUNetname

The last three parts of this label  /y/o/yourSUNetname, are relative to your SUNet ID.  For example, if Virginia Woolf has an email address of the form vwoolf@stanford.edu, then her home directory would be: /asf/ir/users/v/w/vwoolf.  Likewise, if Oscar Wilde has an email of the form oscarw@stanford.edu, then his home directory would be: /asf/ir/users/o/s/oscarw.  Notice that the directory address is contingent upon the first two letters of the SUNet ID, not upon the name of the account's owner.

To activate your Leland space: open Samson for Windows (PC) or MacSamson (Mac) login to "Cardinal" or "Elaine".  Login using your SUNet ID and password.

You should then get the following screen:

Setting up File Sharing Permissions

At the prompt (>) follow these steps (published by the Sweet Hall Consulting Group at: http://www.stanford.edu/leland/howto.leland.shtml)

Type:

cd /afs/ir/users/y/o/yourSUNetname

Hit "Enter" and type:

mkdir WWW

Hit "Enter."  This creates a web folder.

For anyone on the web to see your pages type:

fs setacl WWW system:anyuser read

OR, for only Leland users to see your pages type:

fs setacl WWW system:authuser read