Re: Authorisation

Look in the httpd.conf file and remove the 'Indexes' option from the Options statment for the html directory. -- scott On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 03:33:13PM -0700, Michael Teter wrote: > I'm not sure this is right, but look in the apache > build instructions for auto index or something like > that. I think by default apache will build with the > module that automatically generates a directory index > if there's no index.html. > > So if you remove that feature, apache will stop giving > people a look at your directory tree. > > There's probably a PHP way to do it, but I'm almost > certain that you can make apache stop providing that > info. > > michael > > --- Mick Lloyd <mjl@consultingrooms.com> wrote: > > I've followed the recent thread on authorisation and > > have a related > > question. I understand how checking user > > name/password on each page can > > control access without the need for .htaccess in the > > directory where the > > pages reside. However, how can one prevent access to > > the directory through > > the browser without using .htaccess. > > > > For instance, typing www.~.com/~/admin requires > > authorisation when > > ..htaccess is present in /admin but when it is not > > there, it reveals the > > directory listing that anyone can view. How can I > > prevent this happening yet > > authorise users via a form and MySQL database check. > > > > Best regards > > > > Mick Lloyd > > mjl@consultingrooms.com > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Scott