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We host some student group web sites.

Contents 1 How do I create a new group? 2 This is old, if I catch anyone trying this, I will end them. 2.1 What about groups for non-members? 2.2 Current problems 2.3 Why do we do this??

How do I create a new group?

This is old, if I catch anyone trying this, I will end them.

- Rich

• See also Maintenance tasks

For now, do this:

• ssh to centaur and groupadd groupname
• on centaur, be sure to actually add some users to that group
• ssh to guu and mkdir /export/home/groups/
• Copy some sort of skeleton over to that directory
• chown -Rv firstuser:groupname -Rv /export/home/groups/groupname/
• chmod 775 -Rv /export/home/groups/groupname/
• chmod g+s -Rv /export/home/groups/groupname/

Then, test:

• http://the.jhu.edu/groupname/ should be a directory listing

Then, announce:

• Email the group owner with the new group form letter, being sure to CC: admins@acm

What about groups for non-members?

• No groups are centaur-local. Make an LDAP group by policy.

Current problems

• Group creation is manual, ew.

Why do we do this??

See Group hosting/rationale.