Re: Hiding directory contents from HTTP

Baho Utot wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:45:44 -0800, Peter Pearson shouted Hoy......
>> I have a file named index.html in the top-level
>> directory where my ISP hosts web space for me, and
>> people browsing to that directory see the contents
>> of index.html rather than a directory listing. How
>> effective is this way of hiding files? Is there
>> a variant of the HTTP "GET" command that says,
>> "Give me the directory listing, not index.html"?

> I assume apache used there?

That's what the server says, in response to my GET
command.

> If so:
>
> mv index.html index.html.dont.use
>
> chmod o+rw <directory_where_site_is_placed>
>
> add to http.conf
[. . . snip]

I don't have an http.conf that I'm aware of. Is this
a file I can put into the directory with my html files?
I'm sure charter.net won't allow me to edit *their*
http.conf.


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