Options -Indexes

8 thoughts on “Denying Directory Listing With htaccess”

1. Root June 14, 2008 at 11:04 am

   I wish I had the same way of expressing myself in code the way you do. LOL.
2. Root June 15, 2008 at 11:33 am

   Where did my comment go ? Am i err delisted? What’s up? It is as bad as the WP forum ?:) LOL.

   PS: You need to be a Japanese caligraphist to understand your captcha graphics.
3. Juan Wong Post authorJune 15, 2008 at 1:13 pm

   No, you weren’t marked as spam, I just didn’t turn my computer on yesterday but until today and found your comments in the queue. Sorry for posting them late.

   
4. WebTenet Solutions July 17, 2008 at 3:47 am

   I have two questions:

   1. On a shared hosting if the host does not give you Override all, should this “Options -Indexes” work on my .htaccess file?

   2. What should I do if I want to deny directory listng on an entire website but allow just one directory?

   Thanks in advance
5. Juan Wong Post authorJuly 17, 2008 at 11:25 am

   WebTenet,

   1) I think you’re talking about the AllowOverride directive, correct? If the hosting provider has set it to None, then your .htaccess file will completely be ignored.

   2) In the directory, where you want to allow directory listing, you should place an .htaccess file with the following: Options +Indexes

   HTH
6. vovaNux August 8, 2008 at 10:53 pm

   Sometimes the following string will also work:

   IndexIgnore *
7. Digatex November 12, 2008 at 4:51 am

   Hi, do you mean that people can not see in the root directory?
8. Juan Wong Post authorNovember 12, 2008 at 5:04 pm

   Digatex,

   If I understood your question well, then the answer is that the root (or any other) directory listing shouldn’t be allowed. Obviously, if the root (or any other) directory lacks of an “index” file, the person trying to access such directory would see a 403 message:

   Forbidden

   You don’t have permission to access /[directory_name]/ on this server.
   …

   HTH

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