Re: stupid, simple question

by "Philip Drew" <cybertech(at)esatclear.ie>

Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:23:56 GMT
To:	"Paul Crichton" <pcrichton(at)netphysic.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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Paul,

If you are using a Unix server you need to create a .htaccess file with the
following entry:
Options -Indexes 

Save this file and then upload it to the directory and whenever someone views
the directory it won't list the files.

Philip

>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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