You are mostly correct. The listings value of true means that if the welcome file doesn't exist, then directory listing is allowed.
-Richard At 06:46 PM 6/21/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Richard, > >Thanks for the insight. So, if I understand correctly, the 'default' servlet >has an initial parameter 'listings'. 'listings' has a default value of true >and that means that the listings of the all files is accessible for a given >folder. > >Is my understanding correct? > >Thanks! >Asim > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Yee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 6:41 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: how to prevent the showing of a web folder > > >Iv�n, >For Tomcat 4, edit the <Tomcat_Install>/conf/web.xml file so that the >default servlet >'listings' init param is set to false. > >ie. > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> > ><servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>debug</param-name> > <param-value>0</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>listings</param-name> > <param-value>false</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > >Regards, > >Richard > >At 03:50 PM 6/21/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >HI, how can i prevent in my tomcat web site the people to access the list >of > >the files i have in some folders, here's an example: > > > >when i write in the address: http://www.xyz.com/register/ it shows > >the list of the files in the register folder, and when i write > >http://www.xyz.com/register/html/ then it shows the list of the files in >the > >html folder. > > > >Thanks > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Hable con sus amigos en l�nea, pruebe MSN Messenger: >http://messenger.msn.es > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
