Posted by Captain Dondo on 08/25/05 19:24

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> If indexes are off then they SHOULD get a 403 Forbidden error on any
> request to a site's sub directory without either a request explicitly
> for an *existing* document in that directory or a default *index*
> document. 403 error is generated bay the server, the browser has nothing
> to do with it!
>
> If the OP does not have access to the server configuration to turn off
> indexes or and .htaccess to do the same then as previously suggested a
> very simple solution is to put a index.html file in such folders with
> warning message about improper access and a link back to your html
> documents....
>

Maybe my recollection is wrong... But I remember it was a stumper... I
am using ModRewrite and there may have been some other things in there
that screwed it up...

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