.htaccess file to prevent listing of directories.

I created a .htaccess file to prevent people from browing some of my
directories. The file contained:

IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg

When I then go to view my website the images dont display. How can I prevent
directory browsing while allowing the images to still be viewed within a
webpage?

Thanks

Mike

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delete the line you have, and put in

Options -Indexes

then if you want to get fancy- you could put a custom 403 document in. Or do
a redirect for 403 errors to send them to a different page like the main
index.

I created a .htaccess file to prevent people from browing some of my
directories. The file contained:

IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg

When I then go to view my website the images dont display. How can I prevent
directory browsing while allowing the images to still be viewed within a
webpage?

Thanks

Mike

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On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:06:57 +0100, "Mike Zagorski"
<mike (AT) nospammikezagorski (DOT) com> wrote:

I created a .htaccess file to prevent people from browing some of my
directories. The file contained:

IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg

When I then go to view my website the images dont display. How can I prevent
directory browsing while allowing the images to still be viewed within a
webpage?

Assuming that you're on an Apache server, add this to your .htaccess
file instead of the line you used:

Options -Indexes


Gary

Mike Zagorski tat wo schreiben:

I created a .htaccess file to prevent people from browing some of my
directories. The file contained:

IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg

When I then go to view my website the images dont display. How can I prevent
directory browsing while allowing the images to still be viewed within a
webpage?

I put a file 'index.html.php' in such directories with following
content:

<?php
header("Location: http://".$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']."/403.html");
?>

If a user tries to access the directory without giving a filename it
will print a customized '403 - Forbidden' message.

You need PHP for this and the server has to be configured with
MultiViews turned on (e.g. Options +MultiViews in .htaccess).

Micha