viewing directories via Apache

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Author: Craig White
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Subject: viewing directories via Apache
George Toft wrote:
>
> This page should guide you, depending on how much freedom you have
> on your web server:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/97
>
> What I do is remove index.html. Since I already have Options indexes
> in httpd.conf, this results in a directory listing.
>
> Keep in mind, this is generally frowned upon as it is indicative of
> a poorly managed server.
>

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and a potential security risk if you have .inc files which have things
like SQL/PHP passwords and the like within the Apache served tree.

>From a security standpoint, options indexes isn't too cool.


Craig