Protecting Directories

[David]

Hello,

Is there a way to protect directories, so people can't see the folders and files etc?

 

[John1]

Sure David,

You can add an index.html to each directory so that when a visitor enters that folder they will be showed the text you added to the index.html file.

You can also by a .htaccess file, but that requires Apache and Shell access.

 

[David]

So I create a blank index.html page? Is that right?

 

[Lukas]

Yes, pretty much. 🙂

 

[JedoChristo]

Could also be a index.php if you want.

 

[CyberFreak]

If you are using cpanel, do the following -

Under "Security" click "Password Protect Directories", select the directory you want to stop people viewing and set a username and password.

Setting up a index page is useless if they know the file names of files already in that directory.