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[taydu3000]

how can i hide all files and directories in public_html so when using apps suck Flash Get Site Explorere and similar software it will not show any file or directories in public_html

[pmessri]

A few ways to set this up:

1. If your DirectoryIndex is for example:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm

You can create a file named index.php or html or htm and it will show the contents of that file.

Read more: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod...directoryindex


2. Turn off Indexes in the Directory directive

Read more: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html


Hope this helps.


Regards,
Pedram M.

[david510]

Originally Posted by taydu3000

how can i hide all files and directories in public_html

If you are using apache, to remove indexing globally, remove the word Indexes from the file /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf and restart apache.

[taydu3000]

Originally Posted by david510

If you are using apache, to remove indexing globally, remove the word Indexes from the file /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf and restart apache.

remove "indexes" and restart httpd but it still showing when using flashget site explorer

[david510]

It is showing up when taken the link in the browser?

[taydu3000]

no it show up when use site explorer software such as flashget site explorer