Hi,
in my apache httpd.conf at line 250 i have:

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

At line 265 I have:

<Directory /home/httpd/docs>

#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

If i do not want any directories contents to be listed in the web browser do i change one of the above entries? If so which one and to what?

Options -Indexes

Originally posted by sodapopinski
Options -Indexes

Can you be more specific or complete with your answer. I am not experienced with editing the httpd.conf file.

I'm neeeearly positive that this would do what you want to do...

Originally posted by MikeF
Hi,
in my apache httpd.conf at line 250 i have:

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

At line 265 I have:

<Directory /home/httpd/docs>

#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
AllowOverride All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

If i do not want any directories contents to be listed in the web browser do i change one of the above entries? If so which one and to what?

Originally posted by Chicken
I'm neeeearly positive that this would do what you want to do...


Thank you sir, I guess i can give it a try and hope I dont get my feathers burned. :stickout

Originally posted by Chicken
I'm neeeearly positive that this would do what you want to do...



I havent tried this yet...why...because I am too CHICKEN :eek:
hee hee.

Before I make changes to the httpd.config I have been renaming the current working version on the webserver, ie., httpd.conf.bak. Then I edit the file on my local pc and ftp it to the correct directory. Can you tell me if this is a good process to follow?

For my information...is it very likely I can totally screw up the web server by editing the httpd.conf and restarting it if I have an error in the httpd.conf or is it just a matter of going back to the working version of the httpd.conf and restarting the webserver?

Whenever you edit your httpd.conf you can test it by doing a:

/usr/sbin/httpd -t

If you have errors it'll tell you what it is and where the error occurred.

Btw Chicken that was correct.:D

Thanks everyone for helping me!

dont forget to restart apache after you change the httpd.conf
but im sure you already knew that:D