I cant figure out why the .htaccess file is not being read. I am using XAMPP
Here is the httpd.conf file
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">
Options None
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
I dont want content listing enabled except for one folder called photos.
so inside the photos directory inside htdocs- using notepad i created a .htaccess file and included
#Allow the listing of folder content
Options All
This did not work and the error log shows:
Cannot serve directory C:/xampp/htdocs/photos/: No matching DirectoryIndex (home.php,home.html,home.htm,index.php,index.html,index.htm) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive
I also added rubbish to the beginning of the access file to see if it would reproduce an error but all it says is 403 forbidden.
Other things i tried was
#Allow the listing of folder content
Options Indexes
basically, for every folder there should be no content listing except for the photos folder which is why i created a .htaccess file and placed it inside the photo folders. (it must be a .htaccess)
any ideas why this is not working?
To anyone who comes across this needing help - I figured it out.
notepad was saving it as .htaccess.txt even after selecting 'All Files'
To fix this used brackets (you can use another other software like notepad++) and saved it under .htaccess and that worked.
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How can I show file names in the directory listing on apache server.
I am using
Options +Indexes
I have also tried
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
in the root but I am not able to see file names only an empty structure
There are 4-5 files of different names and extension available in the folder.
If you're unable to generate auto index even after dabbling with file permissions; it is generally all thanks to IndexIgnore directive.
Check your server settings, going one step above from the current htaccess at a time. See where you encounter it.
I recently installed XAMPP. I notice that when I type 'localhost' in the address bar of my browser, it shows a nice XAMPP welcome page. But I wish I could figure out how to show a directory of files and folders in my htdocs. I've seen this work on my old stack - 'parent directory', etc.
I've been digging around my httpd.conf file, and have found things on Google about AllowOverride, etc. Other sources say I should write a .htaccess file, but I can't get clarity on how to tweek my settings somehow to make this work.
Thanks!
Turn on your directory listing in apache configuration filehttpd.conf
For example if you projects are in /var/www/html, edit httpd.conf to add
<Directory /var/www/html >
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
Following this, restart the httpd service
This is so frustrating. My root directory is at home/websitename/websitename/ and my httpd.conf has nothing in it!
My .htaccess is in the same directory as the index.php is supposed to be and all I'm typing into .htaccess (and FTP identifies this as an HTACCESS file) is:
DirectoryIndex Home.php
The error message I get when trying to visit the site is a 403 forbidden to list the directories of "/"
the AllowOverride directive is set to All
Ok actually I made a dumb mistake.
Basically all the things one needs to check in order for the .htaccess to work are these:
Create a .htaccess file in the main directory. Make sure the .htaccess file is made in a file editor for ACSII. (notepad++, dev editor, NO Microsoft Word)
Make sure AllowOverride is set to All in the Apache configuration for your website. It should be under <directory>
Make sure to restart apache after making any changes to the Apache file!! Note that even though .htaccess does not require you to restart Apache, changing anything in the website configuration file requires you to restart Apache in order for it to function.
Lastly, your website should output a 500 Internal Apache Error if it is able to actually read the .htaccess file, NOT a 403: Access Forbidden or directory listing.
I have user files stored in a folder outside apache's documents root e.g. My project is in /var/www/ProjectName/ and the files are in local drive(D:\users).
I want to be able to link to those files from within my project. i am using symfony(php framework).
I trying to change the setting in apache like this, But no luck
Alias /users/ "D:\users"
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
You have to update that in your httpd.conf or in your specified {name of your vhost}.conf.
Alias /users/ D:\users
Be sure to check the error log to see where here Apache tries to find the files.
I have a directory on my webserver. It does not have an index page. so when u access the directory via a web browser it lists the files in it. Now i want to create a htaccess file that can block the directory listing so that when you access it via the web browser, the files in the directory would not be listed but would be able to access the files by appending the name of the file you wish to access to the url making it a full part to the file. Also the htaccess file should be able to restrict access from all but files with a particular extention. Thanks.
Options -Indexes
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
<Files "*.gif">
Allow from all
Deny from none
</Files>
You can turn off the file listing for a particular directory in the directory's .htaccess with
Options -Indexes
OR
You could just put an empty index.html file in the directory you want to protect.
In the .htaccess file in your directory just put
Options -Indexes
As stated before.
Edited to remove the wrong htaccess setting. Again sorry