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Old 4th December 2003, 09:09 AM   #1 (permalink)
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how to Preventing Directory Listing
right now i know how to do it by using htacess

i have heard there are other ways to do it, anyone knows?
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Old 4th December 2003, 11:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think DIR listings are off by default on our servers..
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Old 11th December 2003, 01:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
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They are. You actually have to turn them on, using .htaccess. They are off by default.
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Old 11th December 2003, 09:22 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Make sure you put an index.htm file in the dir
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Old 11th December 2003, 02:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Make sure you put an index.htm file in the dir
You really don't have to, since directory listings are off by default. Put a bunch on images into a folder, and vistit the folder using your browser. You'll get a 403.
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