How do I disable directory browsing? - apache

Question

I want to disable directory browsing of /galerias folder and all subdirectories
Index of /galerias/409
* Parent Directory
* i1269372986681.jpg
* i1269372986682.jpg
* i1269372988680.jpg

Answer 1

Create an .htaccess file containing the following line:
Options -Indexes
That is one option. Another option is editing your apache configuration file.
In order to do so, you first need to open it with the command:
vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Then find the line: Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Change that line to: Options FollowSymLinks
Lastly save and exit the file, and restart apache server with this command:
sudo service httpd restart
(You have a guide with screenshots here.)

Answer 2

The best way to do this is disable it with webserver apache2. In my Ubuntu 14.X - open /etc/apache2/apache2.conf change from
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
to
<Directory /var/www/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
then restart apache by:
sudo service apache2 reload
This will disable directory listing from all folder that apache2 serves.

Answer 3

Apart from the aformentioned two methods (edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf or add Options -Indexes in .htaccess file), here is another one
a2dismod autoindex
Restart the apache2 server afterwards
sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 4

Edit/Create an .htaccess file inside /galerias with this:
Options -Indexes
Directory browsing is provided by the mod_autoindex module.

Answer 5

You can place an empty file called index.html into each directory that you don't want listed. This has several advantages:
It (usually) requires zero configuration on the server.
It will keep working, even if the server administrator decides to use "AllowOverride None" in the the server configuration. (If you use .htaccess files, this can lead to lots of "Error 500 - internal server error" messages for your users!).
It also allows you to move your files from one server to the next, again without having to mess with the apache configuration.
Theoretically, the autoindexing might be triggered by a different file (this is controlled by the DirectoryIndex option), but I have yet to encounter this in the real world.

Answer 6

One of the important thing is on setting a secure apache web server is to disable directory browsing. By default apache comes with this feature enabled but it is always a good idea to get it disabled unless you really need it.
Open httpd.conf file in apache folder and find the line that looks as follows:
Options Includes Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
then remove word Indexes and save the file. Restart apache. That's it

Answer 7

If you choose to modify your httpd.conf file to solve this and you have multiple Options directives, then you must add a - or a + before each directive. Example:
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

Answer 8

This is not an answer, just my experience:
On my Ubuntu 12.04 apache2, didn't find Indexes in either apache2.conf or httpd.conf, luckily I found it in sites-available/default. After removing it, now it doesn't see directory listing. May have to do it for sites-available/default-ssl.

Answer 9

To complete #GauravKachhadiya's answer :
IndexIgnore *.jpg
means "hide only .jpg extension files from indexing.
IndexIgnore directive uses wildcard expression to match against directories and files.
a star character , it matches any charactes in a string ,eg : foo or foo.extension, in the following example, we are going to turn off the directory listing, no files or dirs will appear in the index :
IndexIgnore *
Or if you want to hide spacific files , in the directory listing, then we can use
IndexIgnore *.php
*.php => matches a string that starts with any char and ends with .php
The example above hides all files that end with .php

Answer 10

Open Your .htaccess file and enter the following code in
Options -Indexes
Make sure you hit the ENTER key (or RETURN key if you use a Mac) after entering the "Options -Indexes" words so that the file ends with a blank line.

Answer 11

Add this in your .htaccess file:
Options -Indexes
If it is not work for any reason, try this within your .htaccess file:
IndexIgnore *

Answer 12

Try this in .htaccess:
IndexIgnore *.jpg

Answer 13

In Directory Section ( /etc/httpd/httpd.conf)
Remove Line - Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
New Line - Options FollowSymLinks

Answer 14

I found another way of doing this with virtual hosts:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot C:/WAMP/Apache24/htdocs/
ServerName vehiclesspares.com
<Directory C:/WAMP/Apache24/htdocs/vehiclesspares.com>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This worked for me on Apache 2.4.54 on my local windows machine with the host file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) containing the line:
127.0.0.1 vehiclesspares.com
This configuration also had vehiclesspares.com under the docroot: C:\WAMP\Apache24\htdocs\vehiclesspares.com