Posted by Steven Saunderson on 08/28/06 05:43

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:06:43 +1000, dorayme
<doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> > Can you supply a URL for the directory and enable Indexes so nosy (but
> > helpful) bods can see what Apache lists ?
>
> I am not quite sure what you are asking me to supply? To see what
> is on a server, you need passwords and user names.

No no, I'm not asking for any special access. I am assuming that the
directory is accessible via a browser (as you had web pages in it) and
if this is the case then anybody could look at it by entering
<http://your-domain/troublesome-directory/>. Since there is no index
file there Apache will return a list of files in the directory but only
if Indexes is enabled. Can you access the directory and does this
return a list of files ?

A better solution might be to find a trusted soul with FileZilla or
another good FTP client and tell them the domain/directory/user/pass so
they could have a look.

Sorry I can't think of a simple fix here. There must be something funny
if you can upload a file with the same name as this ghost file. The
ghost file doesn't have a name starting with '.' does it ? Maybe your
FTP client shows the file but not the leading '.'.

--
Steven

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