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How to disallow directory browsing on web server

 
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How do you keep someone from typing the URL to a directory in a browser and then having full access to all the files in it?
Often when I do this by accident, I get the message: "Access denied, you do not have permissions to view this folder" (or words to that effect).
How do I set this up?
Is this is a web server permissions issue or does it have to be handled some other way?
Thanks in advance.
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How you disable directory browsing depends on the server that you are using. I can tell you that for Tomcat 4.1 you want to go to the web.xml file in $CATALINA_HOME/conf. In there you will an entry for the default servlet:

Just change the value of the listings init-param to false.
I hope this helps,
Mark
 
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With my web hosting company I can only have one "web app".
Is there a solution for all the other apps I have hosted as well?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
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