Posted by David Dorward on 06/13/06 15:16

john wrote:

> #1 Is there a way that anyone can view the directory structure of our home
> directory? For instance , the directory structure is easy to view on most
> domains like this :
> www.mydomainname.com/folder/

404 Not Found.

If you want to give an example, use example.com/org/net - that is what
they are there for.

> but is there a way to view the directory structure of just
> www.mydomainname.com ?

Same way - so long as the server is configured to allow it.

> #2 Also, is the best way to protect these directories through a .htaccess
> file?

..htaccess is just a means of providing Apache configuration directives
on a per directory basis without restarting the server.

There are numerous different ways to "protect" a webpage, some
protecting in different ways, some protecting against different things,
it depends what you want to protect against and what the capabilities
of your server are.

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