List Protected Directories

Heyhey,

I'm kinda new to apache configuration.
Is it possible to show protected directories in a directory listing? Some
files/dirs (e.g. .htaccess and protected dirs) seem to be invisible...
I already tried the LimitExcept statement in httpd.conf for the protected
directory, but it doesn't work; e.g.:

<LimitExcept ...>
Require valid-user
</LimitExcept>

Any help greatly appreciated!

Markus

*** Markus Fuchs escribió/wrote (Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:18:04 +0100):
> I already tried the LimitExcept statement in httpd.conf for the protected
> directory, but it doesn't work; e.g.:
>
> <LimitExcept ...>
> Require valid-user
> </LimitExcept>

I don't know whether it's possible to display hidden files and
directories--probably not since it isn't mentioned in the mod_autoindex
documentation [1]. But the LimitExcept directive [2] is totally unrelated:

"<LimitExcept> and </LimitExcept> are used to enclose a group of access
control directives which will then apply to any HTTP access method not
listed in the arguments"

[1] http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_autoindex.html
[2] http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod...ml#limitexcept


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"Alvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
> *** Markus Fuchs escribió/wrote (Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:18:04 +0100):
> > I already tried the LimitExcept statement in httpd.conf for the
protected
> > directory, but it doesn't work; e.g.:
> >
> > <LimitExcept ...>
> > Require valid-user
> > </LimitExcept>
>
> I don't know whether it's possible to display hidden files and
> directories--probably not since it isn't mentioned in the mod_autoindex
> documentation [1]. But the LimitExcept directive [2] is totally unrelated:
>
> "<LimitExcept> and </LimitExcept> are used to enclose a group of access
> control directives which will then apply to any HTTP access method not
> listed in the arguments"
>
> [1] http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_autoindex.html
> [2] http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod...ml#limitexcept
>

Alvaro,

Thank you for your quick response. You seem to be right.
In the 2.1 docs I found a ShowForbidden option for the IndexOptions
directive that could be what I'm looking for. When will the Apache 2.1
binaries be available for download? Or is it possible to run mod_autoindex
from version 2.1 on an Apache 2.0 installation?

Markus

*** Markus Fuchs escribió/wrote (Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:18:04 +0100):
> Is it possible to show protected directories in a directory listing? Some
> files/dirs (e.g. .htaccess and protected dirs) seem to be invisible...
> I already tried the LimitExcept statement in httpd.conf for the protected
> directory, but it doesn't work; e.g.:

I've checked my httpd.conf file and I've found this directive:


#
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# and not include in the listing. Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
#
IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t


You can't cancel it once set (that's what I was trying to do) but you can
simply remove the .??* entry to display hidden files.

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"Alvaro G. Vicario" wrote:
> I've checked my httpd.conf file and I've found this directive:
>
>
> #
> # IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
> # and not include in the listing. Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
> #
> IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
>
>
> You can't cancel it once set (that's what I was trying to do) but you can
> simply remove the .??* entry to display hidden files.

Thank you Alvaro, I forgot about this directive. Unfortunately this does
only allow listing of hidden files (not directories). Seems like I have to
wait for Apache 2.1 since I could not make it work to list hidden
directories yet... :(

Markus