Publishing content on other websites

There are some sites - e.g. older personal sites; research-group sites - which are located not in public_html folders but at the document root of the web server.

Server Name

ms.mcmaster.ca

Web Directory

/www/sites/ms.mcmaster.ca/html

Home-page File

index.html

Access from Servers and Workstations

You can access the document root shown above on ms as well as on most linux/unix workstations maintained by RHPCS.

From unix and OSX computers on the Math & Stats network you can access the document root show above with the prefix /net/ms/share/www. For example:

cd /net/ms/www/sites/ms.mcmaster.ca/html/mysitename


Access via sftpFrom any computer, on campus or off, you can sftp to ms.mcmaster.ca and go to the directory /www/sites/ms.mcmaster.ca/html/mysitename
Access from Mac OS XIn the Finder, click Go -> Connect to Server... and enter smb://ms.mcmaster.ca/www and then browse to ms.mcmaster.ca/html/mysitename.
Access from WindowsClick Start -> Run and enter \\ms.mcmaster.ca\/www and then browse to ms.mcmaster.ca/html/mysitename.

 *Note: If accessing ms.mcmaster.ca from off-campus, please first connect to the McMaster VPN.