Re: stupid, simple question

Yes, that 403 "forbidden" page appears.
If you want, you can set your server to display another page instead of this
standard one.
... or you can create a CGI program that sends you an email, displays a
message, .. do other things instead of just displaying that 403 page.


Teddy,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen A. Barlow" <mobarlow(at)earthlink.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: stupid, simple question


I have done the same thing that Gary suggests: create an index.html page
that has a redirect meta tag to go to the main index page.

Regarding the htaccess file that others have suggested: What appears in the
browser window if someone tries to go to such a directory?  Is that where
the "Forbidden" message comes in?

Maureen


On 1/10/03 6:49 AM, "Gary Krockover" <gary(at)garykrockover.com> speaketh:

> You create an index.html page that either meta refreshes to the root
> index.html page or has a link to it or some other paragraph of
information.
> Unless there is a reason that you cannot place an index.html in that
> directory?
>
> GK
>
>
>> Guys
>>
>> Just a quick question;  When you have a directory that doesn't have an
>> index.html page, what do you do to stop people getting a look at the
>> contents of that directory when they type, "www.domain.com/directory/"?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
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