Re: Turn off Directory Browsing / Indexing

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:23:19 GMT, The Other Guy responded to a post
from "Tom Celica" <jhonda@juno.com> who wrote in
alt.apache.configuration:

>RH 9.0
>Apache 2.0.x
>
>I would like to turn off the ability of the general public to come to my web
>site and browse my directories. I know that putting a index.html inside
>each subdirectory will solve this but isn't there a configuration option to
>turn off directory browsing / indexing?
>
>What is the command to turn off Directory Browsing / Indexing (and where do
>I put it)
>
>-Thanks
>-Tom


In the appropriate directory container(s), add or modify:

Options -Indexes

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#options

The result should be an "error" page delivered to the client when they
view a directory.

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"The Other Guy" <nospam@this.addy> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:23:19 GMT, The Other Guy responded to a post
> from "Tom Celica" <jhonda@juno.com> who wrote in
> alt.apache.configuration:
>
> >RH 9.0
> >Apache 2.0.x
> >
> >I would like to turn off the ability of the general public to come to my
web
> >site and browse my directories. I know that putting a index.html inside
> >each subdirectory will solve this but isn't there a configuration option
to
> >turn off directory browsing / indexing?
> >
> >What is the command to turn off Directory Browsing / Indexing (and where
do
> >I put it)
> >
> >-Thanks
> >-Tom
>
>
> In the appropriate directory container(s), add or modify:
>
> Options -Indexes
>
> See http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#options
>
> The result should be an "error" page delivered to the client when they
> view a directory.
>
> --
> ./configure --prefix=~/zyterion
> Not this guy or that guy, The Other Guy.
>
> This spot may contain a satirical comment or comedic source,
> and is meant to be funny. If you are easily offended, gullible
> or don't have a sense of humour we suggest you read elsewhere.