V-Flyer

Does anyone know what permissions I need to set against a directory in Apache to stop the folder being opened and listed in a directory form whilst still allowing access to the .htm file etc to view normally in a browser?

Paul

You can prevent directory browsing by adding this line to your .htaccess file:

IndexIgnore */*

It's amazing what you can learn on the V-Flyer site

Even more so what you can do with Google... says an IIS user

Thanks Decker, I find google sometimes just doesn't help. For instance yesterday I was looking for a white paper (or similar) on what exactly is included in Windows XP roaming profiles.

I gave up.....

Paul

Rest assured that was a "self mock" - meaning I'm not as clever as I make out . I just have a knack of choosing the right words for good Google searches. Did you need more info than An XP roaming profile consists of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive file NTUSER.DAT and a number of folders (My Documents, Application Data, Desktop, Start Menu, Templates, NetHood, Favorites, and so on). When a user logs onto the network with the default configuration of MS Windows NT/200x/XPP, all this data is copied to the local machine under the C:Documents and Settings%USERNAME% directory. While the user is logged in, any changes made to any of these folders or to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry are made to the local copy of the profile. At logout the profile data is copied back to the server. This behavior can be changed through appropriate registry changes and/or through changes to the default user profile. In the latter case, it updates the registry with the values that are set in the profile NTUSER.DAT file.?

Yes, and I already found that article. The actual issue I have a group of users that swap desks on a daily basis. These are the most different individuals you are ever likely to see grouped together and each one want desktop, fonts etc just how they left them. The majority of this works using Roaming Profiles, but some of their requests don't and I wanted to give them a document in plain english that described what was included in a roaming profile.

Paul

Originally posted by Decker
Is this any good?

I tried reading it, but to be honest I prefer Patrick O'Brien. So I guess I would say "No, it's not very good".

Well it taught me more than I wanted to know about ntuser.dat...

Originally posted by Decker
Well it taught me more than I wanted to know about ntuser.dat...

Agreed,my eyes are starting to bleed with all this nerd stuff...have you seenthis,it may help with your problem or may not [ii]

Yep, that'll probably about do it. I am guessing they will respond in pretty much the same way as Jeremy, but then they will think twice about asking again....

Paul

Originally posted by Decker
You can prevent directory browsing by adding this line to your .htaccess file:

IndexIgnore */*

Just tried this and whilst it hides the files, which is a start, I thought there was a was to get some kind of
'You are not allowed to browse here' type message.

Any other suggestions?

Paul