Who has Access? All CS faculty, staff, and majors are automatically given a account on the departments main machine a.cs.okstate.edu. Students enrolled in a CS course that require computer usage are also automatically given a account on the department's main machine. However, accounts belonging to students who are NOT Computer Science majors, and who are no longer enrolled in a CS course will be deleted. Any exceptions must be approved by the CS Facilities Committee. How do I change my password? The UNIX command is "passwd". What about MS 222? The lab of Sun Workstations in MS 222 are for all CS students with an emphasis on graduate students. Can I put my web pages on CS departmental machines? Yes, if you are a CS faculty, staff, or a current CS graduate student. What's the legal stuff? Use of these facilities must adhere to all Federal/State statutes and the policies of Oklahoma State University and the Computer Science Department. Explicitly prohibited are activities which in any way try to gain, maintain, or collect information for unauthorized access, or any activities for personal or corporate profit. Are there any other restrictions on the content of personal web pages? Yes and no, web pages on departmental machines need to be related in some way to computer science. The primary purpose of all CS Department facilities is faculty research and assigned student course work. Personal information, i.e. hobbies, family info., etc., are fine as long as it's not excessive. Material of questionable taste is definitely a no-no. Again, the main purpose of the CS facilities is to promote computer science. The CS facilities committee is the final arbitrator. What web servers does the department support? The CS department's main web server is located on a.cs.okstate.edu, however www.cs.okstate.edu is defined as an alias for a.cs.okstate.edu and is the preferred address (see http://www.cs.okstate.edu). How do I setup my web pages? All personal web pages reside under a user's home directory underneath the directory public_html. The directory public_html and the path to it, must be world executable (see 'man chmod'). Underneath public_html should be a file named index.html, this is the default page the web server will try to find. All files you wish to server must be world readable (again see 'man chmod'). Below are commands to initially setup the public_html directory. chmod o+x $HOME set world execute on users home directory mkdir $HOME/public_html create public_html directory chmod o+x $HOME/public_html set world execute on public_html directory After creating any web pages under the public_html directory, users should do a 'chmod o+r filename' on the file to insure it is world readable. Where are the log files? There are two log files related to the web server on a.cs.okstate.edu. The file /var/apache/logs/access_log contains messages about access attempts, while the file /var/apache/logs/error_log contains messages about errors. How do people access my web pages? The URL for accessing your newly created web pages is http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~userid, where userid is your login id for a.cs.okstate.edu (notice the tilde character "~" before userid). I get a message like "Not Found" or "Permission Denied" when I try to access my web pages. First, are the files world readable? Is the path to the files at least world executable? Do you have a default web page named index.html? Is it world readable? Did you put the "~" (tilde character) before your userid? If the answer to all the above questions is "yes", then your userid may not be in the file /etc/apache/srm.conf, send e-mail to sysmgr@cs.okstate.edu. What about "cgi-bin" programs? Since improperly written "cgi-bin" programs represent a known security risk, the department does not allow "cgi-bin" programs on it's main web server a.cs.okstate.edu. Persons needing to run "cgi-bin" programs for research or thesis can use z.cs.okstate.edu (see "Computer Science CGI-BIN Policy first). What about class accounts? For more information see the page Class Accounts. |