Give Permission to public_html files LINUX

Create directory if it does not exist
mkdir $HOME/public_html
cd

chmod o+r public_html/index.html
chmod 755 public_html/index.html
chmod 701 public_html/index.html
chmod 604 public_html/index.html




chmod o+x . public_html
chmod -R a+rX *

if folder already exists
cd public_html
chmod -R a+rX * 
chmod o+x . public_html


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To set up a web site on your CS domain, do the following



1)  Start up a terminal session

2)  execute the following commands

chmod 711 $HOME

mkdir $HOME/public_html

chmod 711 $HOME/public_html

touch $HOME/public_html/index.html

chmod 644 $HOME/public_html/index.html



3)  You can now edit your  public_html and add the appropriate HTML



--- Whenever you create directories in your public_html, they need to have permission 711.  For all JavaScript and HTML, they need to be 644