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Web Publishing Details- Creating public_html Folder

  1. File/New/Folder, then name it public_html
  2. For pages and graphics to be published, the "engr\studentweb" user must have read permissions on the relevant files. To set the permissions on the public_html folder (which should propagate to all files contained in the folder):
    • Right click the public_html folder
    • Select Properties
    • Go to the Security Tab
    • If "engr\studentweb" is not in the list, click the "Add" button
    • Type in "studentweb" and then click the “Check Names” button.  Be sure to choose the user "studentweb", identified with a single head icon.
    • Then click “OK”
    • Select the “studentweb” user and select the “Read” check box.

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