You don't want indexes in the option that turns them on ;-)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michailov, Dimitar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:40 PM
To: CF-Linux
Subject: RE: Directory browsing and permissions in Linux
Camden:
Thanks for the info, however, I am still not able to limit the indexing
(browsing) of the folder. I put a .htaccess file in my /images/ folder with
only one line:
Options -Indexes
as you told me, but nothing still happens. Is there something else that I
need to enable/disable in order for the server to consider the .htaccess
file?
Also, if I make a change to the httpd.conf file, how do I restart it
remotely?
Sorry for the off-topic and the beginner level questions, I am learning now.
Thanks,
Dimo
-----Original Message-----
From: Camden Spiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:32 AM
To: CF-Linux
Subject: Re: Directory browsing and permissions in Linux
Apache calls this indexing.
You can dissable it by putting a .htaccess file in the directory(s) that you
don't want indexing on with the following line it:
Options -Indexes
If you have access to edit apache's configuration files (in /etc/httpd/conf)
then you can dissable the option server wide by changing the lines that
probably look similar to this:
<Directory />
Options All
</Directory>
to:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michailov, Dimitar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: OT: Directory browsing and permissions in Linux
> Everybody:
>
> I have a slightly OT question, I hope somebody would be able to help me.
>
> I am currently playing with CF 4.5 under Redhat 6.2 with MySQL. Everything
> seems to be working well, but there is a small security issue that I don't
> seem to be able to find a solution so far. Apache seems to allow by
default
> directory browsing -- for example, if you have a folder
> http://www.mysite.com/images/ that contains only images and no index
files,
> if somebody types in the URL of that folder they will see the contents of
> the folder.
>
> I would like to prevent users from seeing what files are in the folders.
> Placing an index.html file in each folder is a solution to this problem,
but
> I think there might be a better solution with permissions, or maybe APACHE
> settings. Can anyone help me with that?
>
> Thanks,
> Dimo Michailov
> Certified Cold Fusion 4.5 Web Developer
> USA-IT, Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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