Comments on: Denying Directory Listing With htaccess http://blog.coderlab.us/2008/04/24/denying-directory-listing-width-htaccess/ WebDev and Other Stuff Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juan Wong http://blog.coderlab.us/2008/04/24/denying-directory-listing-width-htaccess/comment-page-1/#comment-13034 Juan Wong Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:04:44 +0000 http://blog.coderlab.us/?p=40#comment-13034 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: <blockquote> <strong>Forbidden</strong> You don't have permission to access /[directory_name]/ on this server. ... </blockquote> HTH 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

]]> By: Digatex http://blog.coderlab.us/2008/04/24/denying-directory-listing-width-htaccess/comment-page-1/#comment-13032 Digatex Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:51:40 +0000 http://blog.coderlab.us/?p=40#comment-13032 Hi, do you mean that people can not see in the root directory? Hi, do you mean that people can not see in the root directory?

]]>