Installing Perl modules on a UNIX virtual server when you don’t have root or administrator privledges. Before you begin: In order to install modules, you have to have SSH or Telnet access to the server. If you don’t have this access (or you don’t know what SSH/Telnet means) then you’ll probably have to get your [...]
Archive | March 30, 2006
File Permissions
This page explains how to set file permissions for the three most common type of web files: pages, scripts and data/config files. To keep things simple, let’s make the following assumptions: a. pages should be readable/writable by the owner and readable by the web visitor. b. scripts should be readable/writable/executable by the owner and readable/executable [...]
Common UNIX Commands for Web Developers
Below are various examples of UNIX commands that I’ve found helpful when modifying web sites, configuration files and viewing log files on a server. Most UNIX commands have many options and parameters which I have not listed here. Instead I have given examples of practical uses. For more complete information on most command, you can [...]
