Roxy

Have you ever gone to a newly created subdomain and noticed that you can see all the files within the directory because you don't have an index file?



Well no worries, this tutorial will show you how you can "lock" prying eyes out from seeing what is within your index-less directories and possibly stealing/direct linking your files!

Once logged into your cPanel, scroll down to the advanced category and click on the index manager icon.



You will then be taken to a page with a list of all of the directories under your root. Click on the directory name that you wish to edit the indexing properties for.



The next page to show up, you will have a few options to choose from.

Default System Indexing - Will show all files within the directory with a tiny icon and file size.

No Indexing - Will prevent people from viewing what is within the directory while showing a forbidden error page.

Standard Indexing (Text only) - Will show a simple text list of all the files within that directory.

Fancy Indexing (graphics and text) - Will basically be the same as the default system indexing.

Lets choose No indexing, since we don't want people to view the files in our directory.



You are taken to the confirmation page telling you indexing is now off.



You can see how it'll look to someone viewing, by going to the URL for the directory. You'll notice that you are given a forbidden to access error. This means it was a success!



Good luck!

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You can also add this line to a .htaccess file

This will disable index pages on the current folder and all folders under it.

You may also use this in only one specific directory if needed.

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