how u keep directory browsing off

[sachin yadav]

hi all,

can anybdy pl. tell me how i can switch off the directory browsing on my tomcat 5.5 server.

regards,
sachin.

[Bear Bibeault]

I don't know how this "u" guy does it, but I simply put an index.html file in the folder and that prevents any directory from appearing.

Tomcat 5.5 may have added a config entry for this, but I'm pretty sure earlier versions did not have one.

[William Brogden]

The parameter you want is in the web.xml definition of the default servlet - which is what is generating those directory listings. The default web.xml file is in the conf directory.

Just change the param-value associated with the init-param named listings from true to false.

Bill

[Bear Bibeault]

Too cool! I looked everywhere except the default web.xml.

[sachin yadav]

i agree bear that itz risky to play with web.xml but i think this is the best and easiest way to do this.

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by sachin yadav:
i agree bear that itz risky to play with web.xml

Not at all. I "play" with web.xml files all the time.