People viewing my files

Brit · April 29th, 2004, 5:12 PM

Hi, =) Is there any way I can stop people from viewing my files? Such as, if you go here: "http://frozenangel.net/pages/" you can see all the files under that folder. I have people direct linking my files - that I've never had a link - to because they are looking through them and getting something they want (that they shouldn't be having) and I was wondering if I could stop that?

**miakeru** · April 29th, 2004, 5:16 PM

Create a new file in that folder called .htaccess

In there put ONLY the following, which is case sensitive, by the way:

Options -Indexes

Shawn · April 29th, 2004, 5:50 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, you can put a blank index.html file there and it will stop that aswell.

**miakeru** · April 29th, 2004, 5:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawn

Correct me if I'm wrong, you can put a blank index.html file there and it will stop that aswell.

Sure can.

**AlexH** · April 29th, 2004, 6:11 PM

Log into cPanel (http://www.yourdomain.com:2082) and find the icon labeled Index Manager then click on the name, not the folder icon, of the directory you want to set. Select No Indexes and click Save.

**miakeru** · April 29th, 2004, 6:19 PM

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Originally Posted by asoc

Log into cPanel (http://www.yourdomain.com:2082) and find the icon labeled Index Manager then click on the name, not the folder icon, of the directory you want to set. Select No Indexes and click Save.

Pfft.. that's the easy way! :P

Brit · April 29th, 2004, 6:33 PM

thanks so much! that helps a LOT!

:ivn:

**SmartGuy** · April 29th, 2004, 7:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Brit

thanks so much! that helps a LOT!

:ivn:

Just so you know, that isn't going to stop them from linking to the files themselves.

If they have a link to yourdomain.com/pages/ then they will not see an index. however, if they link to yourdomain.com/pages/page.html, they can access it. To make sure that no one but you can access this directory password protect it with cpanel, or an easier way is to just rename the folder so the links to it dont work.

**sam** · April 29th, 2004, 7:09 PM

you can also lock down the directory using file manager, or forbid HTTP access of a directory without credentials.

both are available via cpanel.

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Brit Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2004 17 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	People viewing my files Hi, =) Is there any way I can stop people from viewing my files? Such as, if you go here: "http://frozenangel.net/pages/" you can see all the files under that folder. I have people direct linking my files - that I've never had a link - to because they are looking through them and getting something they want (that they shouldn't be having) and I was wondering if I could stop that?

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Shawn Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Feb 2004 34 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Correct me if I'm wrong, you can put a blank index.html file there and it will stop that aswell. __________________ Server : Serenity LinkedFamilies.com

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AlexH Peaches! Excelling Contributor Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Hosted on Jose, Pass19 564 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Log into cPanel (http://www.yourdomain.com:2082) and find the icon labeled Index Manager then click on the name, not the folder icon, of the directory you want to set. Select No Indexes and click Save. __________________ alex.honeywell [ seigousei.net - pass19, binuweb.com - jose ]

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miakeru Web Hosting Super Ninj4 Super #1 Joined in Sep 2003 Lives in Fullerton, CA 1,581 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 2 times	Create a new file in that folder called .htaccess In there put ONLY the following, which is case sensitive, by the way: Options -Indexes

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Brit Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2004 17 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	thanks so much! that helps a LOT! :ivn:

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sam Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Dec 2003 Lives in NJ 5,057 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 4 times	you can also lock down the directory using file manager, or forbid HTTP access of a directory without credentials. both are available via cpanel.

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