Publishing GroupsAs a Webmaster, you might manage dozens of directories and hundreds of files, and you might want to share maintenance responsibility of a particular subdirectory and its files with other staff. For example, there might be a newsletter subdirectory in your publishing area, and you might want to share its upkeep with the newsletter's editor. To do this, a server administrator must create a publishing group for you. Note: this service is available only to official publishers in academic and administrative units who publish from the central server, UTS.Request a Publishing GroupBefore you request a group, every person you want in that group must have logged into UTS and changed their login name. And, you must know their login names (but not passwords). When you have this information, fill out the request a publishing group (requires UT EID) form. You will be notified through e-mail when the group has been created, usually within 3-5 work days. You can also use this form to modify an existing group by either adding or removing members.Change Group Affiliation/PermissionsOnce you receive notice that the group has been created, you should change the group affiliation of the file(s) or directory(s) that the group will be managing.
Note: You must own the file or directory you want to change and you must belong to the group you are changing it to. Every file and directory on UTS automatically has an owner and a group affiliation. You can see those affiliations by typing the ls -al command. You should also give the group write privileges to that file or directory: Note: You must own the file or directory you want to change. |
