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Free Course Space

If you are a member of the faculty or staff and want to put your course on the Web, you can obtain a course locker free of charge through WolfWare. Here are some resources to help you:


WWW4 Setup

As part of basic Unity computing account privileges, all NC State students, faculty and staff receive an allocation of personal network (AFS) file space that can be used to publish personal Web pages accessible via www4.ncsu.edu. Once you've finished creating your Web pages, the WWW4 Setup Utility provides a quick and easy way to prepare a place for them online. This tool automatically sets up a www directory in your personal Unity file space and assigns access privileges to it. 

What it does

This utility performs several tasks:


Personal Unity File Space

Categories

Your Unity account comes with 350 MB of personal file storage space (disk quota), divided into these three categories:

  • AFS space
    Your space for personal files and Web pages. When you use a Unity lab machine, this space appears as your Home directory (on a Solaris or Linux machine) or the K: drive (on a Windows machine). The path to this space is in this format:

    /afs/unity.ncsu.edu/users/initial/unityid


Unix or Linux Command Line

In order to access a Unix or Linux command line, you'll need to use the Virtual Computing Lab.  Here's how:


Unity Lockers

A Unity locker consists of storage space in AFS (Andrew File System).  Each locker is assigned to an owner and must be used for University business only.


AFS Path for a URL

To find the AFS path for a Web page that is hosted on an OIT Web server, use the following procedure.
NOTE: This is not available for general use.


Andrew File System (AFS)

AFS is a distributed network file system that enables files that are physically stored on many different AFS servers to be accessed as if they were in a single directory (or virtual drive) on a local computer. This allows users from any AFS computer at any remote site (such as a computer lab) to access files in a unified and easily identifiable way.