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ISU Web Guide

Give access to a web site

The owner or administrator of web space can give others access to make changes to the site. The easiest way to do this is to create an access list for your web site. You add and delete members from this list to give and take away access to the web site. Here's how to set up the list.

  • Sign onto the Acropolis site
  • Click "manage lists" and then "create a list"
  • Type the list name (for this example, it's "listname") and click "create list"
  • Under "properties," check "AFS group" and click "update now"
  • Click "get members" at top of page
  • To add members to the list, type NET-ID and click "add"
  • Log out of Acropolis site
  • Sign on to the ISU network by telneting to isua1.iastate.edu.
  • Add the new list to your web space by typing the following command. (In the example below, "filesystem" is the name of your web directory.)
    fs sa ~filesystem system:listname rlidwk
    [the "rlidwk" gives members of the list privileges to work in "filesystem"]
  • To remove the access list from your web space, type this command:
    fs sa ~filesystem system:listname none

You can register a web site and manage files in that space through Acropolis.