Directory browsing

[logikstudios]

hi is it possible to turn of directory browsing in cpanel. If so, how do you do it?

Thanks,

[yapluka]

On a case by case basis, the cPanel feature "Index Manager" will work just fine. If you want to disable it server wide, run this command in SSH :

replace Indexes -Indexes -- /usr/local/apache/conf/access.conf

[bmcpanel]

Another way to do this, without touching your .conf files is to create a .htaccess file in the /home directory..

vi /home/.htaccess

Inside that file, paste the following.

Options -Indexes

This will cause directory indexing to be off by default in all sub-directories of /home

Ex.
/home/username1/www
/home/username2/www
/home/username2/www/images

If a client has a directory they want to allow directory browsing in, they can then place a .htaccess file in their directory that has the following in it.

Options +Indexes

This will affect only the directory with the .htaccess file that has +Indexes in it. The default of OFF for indexing will remain for all other directories.