Posted by Disco Octopus on 08/30/05 01:19

> Hello,
>
> I notice that on certain web servers (cpanel), if anyone calls to a directory
> on your website, the browser will create a directory listing of all files in
> the folder - a bit of a security loophole.
>
> Is there any way to reconfig this aside from placing a dummy index file in
> every folder on your site? (I believe these are mostly apache running
> cpanel).

if you have access to your .htaccess file, a quick google search will
show you these and more... look here....

( just randomly chosen from google results )
http://www.arura.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=290
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/4441.htm
http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_dir.html

I think this is what you are wanting in your .htaccess file....

Options -Indexes

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