Tech Guides :: Web Publishing :: User Web :: Activate
Getting an Account
All students, faculty and staff are provided an account on the local campus
web server for the entire time they are associated with HSU. User Web (users.humboldt.edu)
will host all individual and faculty course websites. Before your account
can be activated, you will be required to complete an ATI survey (what
is ATI?)
and, depending on the type of site, complete ATI training.
- Login to Account Center (formerly known as WebReg)
- Click the "Account Tools" tab
- Click “Manage Your Web Account”
- Click “Request Personal Web Account”
- Create an Alias and complete the ATI Survey to request your account.
Using an Account
For uploading web content, users can utilize secure FTP (SFTP) or Network Folders, which is HSU’s central file storage for all current students, staff and faculty accessible from on or off campus.
Information is available at http://www.humboldt.edu/folders/
Your web site files will go in the public_html file. Read more about managing your site.
Read more about what tools are available:
Changes from the past HSU web server include new software versions (Apache 2.2, MySQL 5, PHP 5), and nicer URLs (the tilde will be eliminated). Also, CGI scripts, including perl, will not be supported.
Getting MySQL
Note: This feature is not yet available for the web server.
- Login to Account Center (formerly known as WebReg)
- Click the "Account Tools" tab
- Click “Manage Your Web Account”
- Click “Request MySQL Account”
- Follow the instructions on the screen
****It is especially important that you do not make any file that contains a password (such as a config file) to a database "world readable".****
Moving Your Old Site
If you have existing data you would like to transfer to the new server, HSU has made this easy for you with a new tool. After using this tool, visitors to old addresses (with tildes) will be redirected until August 1, 2011.
- Login to Account Center (formerly known as WebReg)
- Click the "Account Tools" tab
- Click “Manage Your Web Account”
- Click “Move My Old Web Site”
- Follow the instructions on the screen
Custom user CGI scripts & Perl - Not available
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) is a common scripting method used on Web servers. HSU does not support CGI scripts, including perl, on Web servers due to the relatively open nature of CGI scripts and the potential to compromise the overall security of the Web server. CGI scripts are vulnerable to a large number of exploits that may be used to compromise the overall security of the Web server. They are often vulnerable to remote execution exploits, primarily due to inconsistency of coding practices. Also, CGI can impair server performance, as an additional process is started every time the CGI routine is called. This uses memory and other resources on the Web server, which can cause slow response time.
