WORK IN PROGRESS BY FrankBynum, please feel free to contribute and edit but please do not use quite yet.

Wordpress is a free and open source content management system that is widely popular. This page will provide you with detailed instructions on how to install Wordpress using DomTool and AFS permissions.

This will guide you through downloading the latest stable version via Subversion, hardening permissions in the filesystem, and making a Domtool entry for the site.

1. Navigate to the directory you where want to host Wordpress. This can be anywhere in your home directory, but it is usually within your public_html directory.
2. Now we will set the initial file permissions for the Wordpress root directory. In a moment, we will be using Subversion to create several folders and files. In AFS, new folders inherit the permissions of the parent folder. So by setting file permissions early, we can save ourselves some work later.

Navigate to the directory where you will install Wordpress and execute the following:

fsr setacl . system:anyuser none

fsr sa . $USER.daemon rlk

The first command makes it so that no one that you do not allow (except administrators) may access your Wordpress directory. The second command limits the priviliges that the server software-- Apache and PHP mainly-- have over the directory to just reading, listing files, and executing code.

X. Follow the instructions for installing WordPress using Subversion.

cd wp-content/

fsr sa themes/ $USER.daemon rlkw

mkdir uploads

fs sa uploads $USER.daemon rlkwid

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