Personal Website

Users with SENS accounts can create a website for personal or UB use. These websites must conform to University standards and can be removed if they are outside the boundaries of University policies.

Using "mksenspage" to set up your space

These steps involve some basic knowledge of Linux, and access to a Linux computer, including the SENS timeshares.

Creating a personal web page that can be accessed by the SENS web servers involves making a directory named "public_html" under your Engineering Unix home directory and putting a file named "index.html" in it. A script named "mksenspage" can be used to do this. To run this script:

  • Log in to your account (see the SENS timeshares page for more information)
  • At the command prompt (>), type the command mksenspage, like this:

    $ mksenspage

After running the script, the file "public_html/index.html" can be edited to suit your needs.

Once your page is created, it can be accessed using a URL such as this:

https://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~UBITName

Substitute "UBITName" with your actual UBITName.

Editing and uploading files

Once your page is set up, you can edit files in your personal space using a Linux text editor such as "vi" or "emacs", or you can upload files via SFTP (secure FTP) using software such as FileZilla or Cyberduck.

To log in to your personal space using SSH or SFTP, connect to "linux.eng.buffalo.edu" using your UBITName and UBIT password. Change to the public_html directory under your home directory to upload your files.