General Information for COP 3832

For those of you that are using my script to start, stop, and restart your server, I have modified it so that it will print an error when a HUP fails. Please get a new copy: Starting, Restarting, and Stopping your server
I had mentioned in the first class that I was changing the weights for exams and homeworks on the syllabus, but I never modified the syllabus. I am making it official: HW: 40%, Mid: 30%, Fin: 30%.
Exam Info
- Midterm
  - Sections Covered.
- Final
  - Sections Covered.
  - Thursday, 12/9 at 3:30 pm.
Assignments will be posted here
- Submitting Homework Online from mongoose or solix
- Assignment 1
- Assignment 2
- Assignment 3
- Assignment 4
  - The command for making the transparency is
    giftopnm colors.gif | ppmquant 256 | ppmtogif -transparent #FFFFFF > white.gif
    The last action is a redirection. I had placed a pipe in the assignment.
  - The directive for changing the location of the access.conf file is AccessConf on page 201 of the text.
- Assignment 5
  - If you want to be able to run scripts with the .pl extension from your server:
    - you will have to indicate that .pl is a cgi-script extension. Modify your the cgi-script handler and restart your server.
      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
    - be sure that ExecCGI is on in your document root
    - give your scripts 755 permission
- Assignment 6
  - Making forms sticky
  - I have extended the due data for the assignment to the first class after the Thanksgiving break. However, I will be assigning another assignment this week that will be due in the second class after the Thanksgiving break. Get this assignment done early so that you will have time to do the final assignment. The final assignment cannot be handed in late.
HTML Information
Server Information
- Requesting a port number
- Setting up your server on mongoose
- Starting, Restarting, and Stopping your server
- I have a server running that has a lot of files.
  - http://www.cs.fiu.edu:12345
  - The log files are accessible in http://www.cs.fiu.edu:12345/logs
Examples of Server options
Server Side Include (SSI) Information
- Examples of SSI commands. Notice how long it takles this file to load compared to the next two links.
- Same file with a .html extension instead of .shtml. Notice that none of the commands were executed.
- Same file with a .txt extension. Notice how the server decides on what to send the browser by looking at the extension.
Miscellaneous scripts
PERL Script Information.
- There is a directory named scripts in my ~downeyt home directory. You have access to it, just set up a ScriptAlias in your server to /home/scsfac/downeyt/scripts/, or use my server to access it.
- Here is a directory named scripts-source on my server. You may either view a script or execute it from this page.
- This is a page with links to some of the scripts-source scripts and their sources.
- This is an information page for the topics of cookies, server push, browers pull, and file uploads. This information can all fit into one category: modifying the headers that the server and browser send.
- Some PERL info: split, join, and pattern matching
- CGI.pm Information
JavaScript Information
- This is a directory for all the scripts from chapter 10 of the text.
- JavaScript Examples and Information
- Syllabus
- Requesting a PPP account
Information related to accessing school resources
General Web Information
- Search Engines
- Internet Service Providers

School Accounts

Getting a school account

As long as you are a registered student, you can have an account to use the school's computers. This account is not needed to use the PCs in the computer labs, but it is needed to long onto the computers with names: solix, serss1, xlab1, servax, servms. The account that you get will give you access to all of these computers.

To get the account, you must connect to the solix computer. When you are prompted for a user name, type the single word (no spaces) newstudent. You will then be asked some information like name and student number. Then you will be given a user name and a password. Write them down! Then you will be logged off the computer. You won't be able to access the computers for another 24 hours, while your account is being activated.

In the future, you will use your user name and password to log onto any of the named computers.

Changing Passwords

Once you have a school account, it is good for many computers here at FIU. You should change your password to something other than your student number.

Changing your password on solix

From the command prompt on serss1 and solix, issue the command

        passwd

in order to change your password. You will be asked for three things:

Your current password
Your new password
Your new password, again

FAQ: Why won't the <P align="..."> tag work?

Many people are having difficulty getting the <P align="right"> working. The problem is with the header tags that start the paragraphs: Do not include the header tags inside the paragraph. Do it this way

<h1>Heading</h1>
<P align="right">
Paragraph
</P>

This will get it working. The same applies for "left" and "center".

Submitting Homework Online from mongoose or solix

I have created a script that you can call from mongoose to upload files to my directory. Execute the following from your directory on mongoose or solix:

From mongoose:

~downeyt/cshome/public/webftp/webftp.pl

From solix:

~downeyt/public/webftp/webftp.pl

and follow the instructions.