Using Unix
in CS 1520
For your PHP / Mysql / Javascript projects, you will be using the Unixs machines available from CSSD. As a Pitt
student, you should each have an account on these machines. The login and password should be the same
ones that you use when you log into CSSD PCs and that you used in the Java Lab
for CS 0401. If you have never used this
account or are unsure of your login / password, you should go to a CSSD lab and
resolve these issues as soon as possible, so that you have no account problems
when it comes time to do your programs.
The CS Department has implemented a server that will
run your PHP / Mysql programs using the typical
Web-browser user interface. In order to
do these programs, you will need to learn something about using Unix commands,
editing text files in Unix, and using access control lists in AFS. You will also have to set permissions on the
correct directory so that the server has full access to your files, and so that
the TAs and I have read access to your files.
However, your fellow students (and the rest of the world) should have NO
access to your files.
For more information on Unixs, editing files in Unix
and access control lists, follow the links below.
Using
ACLs (Access Control Lists)