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First, you need an UNIX account at omni server. Assuming your account username is '''xpto''', the URL of the page is '''http://users.isr.ist.utl.pt/~xpto'''. There is also a automatic redirection from the alternative URL '''http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~xpto''' to the former one. But it is preferable to announce the former URL.

The files have to be stored in a directory named '''public_html''' at your home directory at the omni server. The default file used when the URL '''http://omni.isr.ist.utl.pt/~xpto''' is browsed is '''index.html''' (e.g. the full path is /home/xpto/public_html/index.html).

The permissions are the trickiest part of the story:
# your home and public_html directories need at least ''eXecution'' permission for ''other'' users; i.e. this means '''d?????? - - x''' for your home directory
# your files within public_html need at least ''Read'' permission; i.e. '''d?????? r - -'''

Be careful, because some SSH software for Windows have the tendency to give default permissions to transfered files that disallow the above permissions. Therefore, if you get an error when browsing your page, check first the file permissions!

For further details, check this [[Crash course on UNIX file permissions]].