[luau] linux/apache directories

MonMotha monmotha at indy.rr.com
Thu Jun 6 21:48:01 PDT 2002


in .htaccess

<Limit GET>
	DENY ALL
</Limit>


That SHOULD work (untested).  It will error out with a 403 (Forbidden). 
You can then use a custom error page to redirect users back to the front 
page.

--MonMotha

S Chouinard wrote:
> Hi-
> 
> How can I prevent web browsing of directories under Apache, when a directory
> (such as "images") has no default html file? I want to use the httpd.conf
> file. Hope this is a good place to ask this question. Everything I've tried
> so far, either editing httpd.conf or adding a .htaccess file to the
> directory, hasn't worked so far. Such a simple thing, so frustrating. The
> only thing I've been able to do is add a default (index.html) file to each
> of the directories that normally don't have them, and (kindly) redirect the
> user to the home page with a link. But I know there's a way to edit
> httpd.conf and additionally set up custom error files and accomplish this in
> a much simpler way.
> 
> Susan
> 
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