Editing Web Pages directly in AFS space

The most direct method for creating and editing web pages is edit a file directly in your AFS space. You don't need to upload or download files, and you don't need to worry about where to put them files, because you create and edit them in the correct directory.

The files can be edited with any one of text editors available on our Network, Compute and AFS Servers, dte (the default editor), emacs, or vi.

• From the Network Server (ws2.cc.lehgih.edu), you can access and edit the file in your AFS using the symbolic link webspace, or the directory /ahome/userid/public/www-data Edit the file (using edit dte, emacs, or vi. This technique allows you to remain on the Network Server, yet access your AFS space through the /webspace/, AKA /ahome/... path.
• From the Compute Servers, access and edit your file (using dte, vi, or emacs) in AFS Space, using the directory /ahome/userid/public/www-data, just as from the Network Server.
• Directly access your AFS space and do your editing there.
  • Go to an SGI workstation cluster and log on to a workstation. You will be in AFS, and generally can reach your AFS web space by:

    
                    cd ../public/www-data/
                

    You can then use dte, vi, or emacs to edit files, as well as using Xwindows editors.
  • Remotely log in to an AFS workstation from any computer that is connected to the Internet and has remote login capabilities (the telnet program is typically used to accomplish this).
    For a list of AFS workstations on campus, and their hostnames, enter SITES at any Network Server prompt.

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February 13, 1998