Hi,
I am noob on linux so sorry if this question sounds stupid.

I have installed apache2 on centos 5 using this tutorial (http://library.linode.com/lamp-guides/centos-5/).

I want to remove directory listing feature. that is, when someone, types http://mysite.com/abc/

He should not see files in that folder.

For that, there is a way to do in .htaccess,

Options -Indexes

I did grep -i AllowOverride httpd.conf and i got

AllowOverride None
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    AllowOverride None
#    AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride
    AllowOverride None
    AllowOverride None
        AllowOverride None

So, my question is

1) where do i find .htaccess file? (All, php and .html files are in var/www/html )

2) AllowOverride is None, so will my .htaccess file work?

Thanks

Hi there

You won't find the .htaccess file. You will need to create it in the directory that you do not want to have a directory listing.

I presume the directory is: /var/www/html/abc/

The .htaccess file is a normal text file and needs to contain only this information:

Options -Indexes

You could run these commands to get everything up and running...

touch /var/www/html/abc/.htaccess

echo "Options -Indexes" >> /var/www/html/abc/.htaccess

You will probably need to change the AllowOverride option in your httpd.conf file from AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All.

Save the httpd.conf file and restart the Apache service.

Try that and let us know if it helps!! :)

Hi,
i created .htaccess in abc/

and changed

# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    AllowOverride None 

to

# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    AllowOverride All

in httpd.conf file.

then restarted Apache (or did /etc/init.d/httpd reload)

and worked like a charm.

Thanks czotos

Hi mikeindia

I'm glad that helped!!