Help- How to enable directory indexing in Apache

tahaa · #1 26th January 2010, 07:44 PM

I am newbie to Linux.

I want to enable directory indexing in "/var/www/html/" [dont want to use index.html or something else htm or php file , just want to show all files and folders when browsing http://localhost ] security risk but i damn care about it.

Code:

1- Using Fedora 12
2- Apache version 2.2.14-1   .fc12.i686
3- SELINUX=disabled
getsebool -a | grep http
getsebool:  SELinux is disabled

My permissions for /var/www/html are

Code:

ls -la /var/www/html
total 120
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2010-01-26 18:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root  4096 2010-01-26 00:57 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1102 2010-01-26 18:16 grub editor.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21262 2010-01-26 00:28 linux_software_installtion.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60002 2010-01-26 18:16 linux_software_installtion.pdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  2576 2010-01-26 18:16 Login as a root from GUI Fedora 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1199 2010-01-26 18:16 Login_as_root_F12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    91 2010-01-26 18:16 vim_commands

my httpd.conf file configuration is

Code:

DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>


<Directory "/var/www/html">
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
</Directory>

Code:

http://localhost

Getting the Fedora Test Page. There is no directory indexing Please Help
Thanks
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smurffit · #2 26th January 2010, 08:04 PM

Code:

<Directory "/var/www/html">
     Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
</Directory>

Then /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

tahaa · #3 26th January 2010, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smurffit

Code:

<Directory "/var/www/html">
     Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
</Directory>

Then /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

added +indexes
[root@localhost init.d]# /etc/init.d/httpd reload
Reloading httpd: [ OK ]
[root@localhost init.d]#

same default page i e fedora test page
i created a folder name tahaa in /var/www/html/ now after opening

http://localhost > fedora test page but i know there is directory name tahaa so
http://localhost/tahaa works fine , but not showing directory index on /var/www/html/

smurffit · #4 26th January 2010, 08:14 PM

Well, my line looks like this and works as a charme. :/

Code:

IndexOptions FancyIndexing ScanHTMLTitles IconsAreLinks FoldersFirst HTMLTable TrackModified VersionSort ShowForbidden

tahaa · #5 26th January 2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smurffit

Well, my line looks like this and works as a charme. :/

Code:

IndexOptions FancyIndexing ScanHTMLTitles IconsAreLinks FoldersFirst HTMLTable TrackModified VersionSort ShowForbidden

would u like to paste ur document root and directory settings?

***Dangermouse*** · #6 26th January 2010, 08:48 PM

Quote:

http://localhost > fedora test page but i know there is directory name tahaa so

Have you edited /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf and hashed out the lines

Quote:

su
gedit /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

IE

Quote:

#
# This configuration file enables the default "Welcome"
# page if there is no default index page present for
# the root URL. To disable the Welcome page, comment
# out all the lines below.
#
#<LocationMatch "^/+$">
# Options -Indexes
# ErrorDocument 403 /error/noindex.html
#</LocationMatch>

tahaa · #7 27th January 2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangermouse

Have you edited /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf and hashed out the lines

IE

Thanks dear problem solved, now its opening directory indexes

I just hashed out the lines of /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf file.

Code:

#<LocationMatch "^/+$">
 #   Options -Indexes
  #  ErrorDocument 403 /error/noindex.html
#</LocationMatch>